Characterization 2 Mrs. R.

What is characterization?

• Character traits

• What a character says and thinks

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

• What a character looks like and what are his actions

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is indirect characterization?

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

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A character trait is an adjective that describes _________________.

• an emotion at a specific point in time
• personality
• appearance

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of character trait is revealed?
Sergeant Stone ran the tired boys around the wet field for the last lap.  Even though the boys were exhausted, he had them drop and do one hundred push-ups.

• responsible
• bossy
• stubborn
• tough

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of character trait is the following example?
Jake walked around the lunchroom.  For every new student he saw, he stopped and said hello and gave them a fist bump.

• talented
• friendly
• adventurous
• humorous

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Daren showed up at the banquet with food stains all over his dress shirt. He sat down, put his feet on the table, and burped loudly. The other people sitting at the table looked at each other but continued eating.

What character train does Daren demonstrate?

• puzzled

• hysterical

• unmannerly

• sophisticated

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When Kaitlin got to Patrick's apartment, she noticed a foul smell. She looked around and saw several half-filled cans of soda and some uncooked chicken breasts that had gone bad in a pan in the kitchen. She also noticed that all the lights and televisions were on and that Patrick wasn't home.

What character trait does Patrick demonstrate?

• Responsibility

• Loyalty

• Laziness

• Courage

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Kevin has tried out for the basketball team for the last 3 years. Each year he has been cut from the team because other athletes have outperformed him. Kevin has been practicing all summer, however, and he knows that this is his year. It has to be. He can feel it.

What character trait does Kevin demonstrate?

• Determination

• Laziness

• Even-tempered

• Mean

Which method of characterization tells what the character SAYS AND DOES?

• Physical Traits
• Inner Thoughts and Feelings
• Speech and Behavior
• Other Characters' Reactions to the Character

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which method of characterization describes WHAT THE CHARACTER LOOKS LIKE?

• Physical Traits
• Inner Thoughts and Feelings
• Speech and Behavior
• Other Characters' Reactions to the Character

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3