Characterization

Characterization

By Valicia Rolle

Characterization is a literary device that is used to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.

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Having a good understanding of our character, helps us to have an idea of their motivation, something that inspires a character to react.  

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Characterization is a literary device that is used to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.

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Understanding our character helps us to understand how the characters in the stories reacts.

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Characterization:

• Makes characters seem real 

• Connects the character to the reader

• Creates an image in our heads of our protagonists (the main character) and antagonists (the “villain”) 

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Characterization

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Characterization makes characters feel more real in a story.

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The main character of the story is called the

• protagonist

• antagonist

• the villain

There are two ways to describe or create characters, using physical and personality traits.

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Physical Traits are the traits we can see (outside traits) like hair, size, eyes, height, etc.

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There are 200 ways to describe characters.

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Identify three PHYSICAL TRAITS of the Professor

• white shaggy hair

• old

• scary

• odd-looking

There are two ways to describe or create characters, using physical and personality traits.

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Personality Traits or character traits (inside traits) describe the type of person the character is like caring, selfish, stubborn, creative or intelligent. 

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Personality traits describe the OUTSIDE traits of a character.

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• false

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Identify three PERSONALITY TRAITS of Lucy.

• short

• inquisitive

• smart

• young

• kind