Literary Devices Review

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is direct characterization?

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the following passage from a story:

Mercy snorted. She should have known better than to challenge Victoria. Of all Mercy's friends, Victoria talked loudest, ran fastest, and took the most risks. She bragged about the time she convinced her older brothers to spend a weekend building her a fort. Mercy liked to call Victoria "Buster". "Because you are always busting things up," she laughed. Victoria wore the nickname with pride.

Based on the passage, which of the following is one of Victoria's character traits?

• forgetful

• confused

• bold

• shy

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Read the passage and then answer the question below:

"No, indeed. I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all," [the Scarecrow] answered sadly.

"Oh", said Dorothy, "I am awfully sorry for you."

"Do you think," he asked, "if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?"

"I cannot tell", she returned, "but you may come with me, if you like. If Oz will not give you any brains you will be no worse off than you are now."

Which detail from the passage best shows us that Dorothy is caring and kind?

• "I cannot tell," she returned..."

• ""I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all,"[the Scarecrow] answered sadly."

• "Oh", said Dorothy, "I am awfully sorry for you."

• "Do you think," he asked, "if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Tiffany loved when her teachers gave her creative projects. Her favorite things to do were paint, write music, play her guitar, and mold pottery.

This is an example of ...

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Brandon leaned back in his chair during the lecture. He was bored with the classes discussion of rock formations.

This is an example of ...

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Marcy sat in class, drumming her fingers on her desk. Thinking back to that morning, she felt remorse over the way she had talked to her mom.

Marcy's character traits are revealed through her ...

• actions

• thoughts

• statements

• interactions with other characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mr. Timpelton walked through the airport in his crisp army uniform and duffel bag. After being deployed for a year in Iraq, he was anxious to see is family. He wiped his hands nervously on his pants, breathed a deep sigh, and begin to head to the airport welcoming area.

Mr. Timpelton's character traits are revealed through his ...

• actions

• thoughts

• statements

• interactions with other characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.

• Jack thinks his sister is making a good choice.

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

• Jack doesn't care what his sister does.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Connotation is ...

• the emotional meaning of a word

• an emotional outburst

• dictionary definition of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4