Characterization

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Characterization

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The process in which the author tells the personality of a character.

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What type of characterization is shown in the thought: "Wow, Mr. Haskin must have polished his head this morning because it is so shiny it might blind a student."?

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Thoughts, Speech, and Actions

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Indirect characterization

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The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.

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Direct characterization

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The process by which the narrator tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

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What do you know about Jack from this sentence?

Jack looked at his sister with a strange look on his face after she put ketchup in her milk.

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Jack thinks his sister is weird for using ketchup in her milk.

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Is this direct or indirect characterization? Jack looked at his sister with a strange look on his face after she put ketchup in her milk.

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indirect

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What do we know about Jack from this sentence?

Jack looked at his sister and thought that she was weird for putting ketchup in her milk.

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He thinks his sister is weird.

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Is this direct or indirect characterization? Jack thinks his sister is weird for putting ketchup in her milk.

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direct

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What type of narrative is the story of Cinderella? Options: Direct, Indirect

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Direct

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John Proctor from The Crucible

PROCTOR, with a cry of his whole soul: “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”

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Indirect