STEAL Review/Anticipation

What is characterization?

• What the world around the character looks like.

• How the character's voice sounds.

• How the author reveals the personality of characters.

• How the author formats the text.

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What does the acronym S.T.E.A.L. stand for?

• Stick To Each Art Literally

• Speech, Thoughts, Effects, Action, Looks

• Strength, Target, Expert, Acronym, Library

• Strategic Transfer of Equipment to Alternate Locations

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What does the letter 'E' stand for in S.T.E.A.L.?

• Earnest, how truthful the character is in the presence of others.

• Etiquette, how they act in formal company.

• Everyman, the character represents the regular person and may stand in for the reader.

• Effect on others, the way people feel and behave in reaction to the character.

What is DIRECT characterization?

• When the author tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

• What the character is wearing.

• When the author shows the audience what the personality of the character is.

• What is revealed through the character's thoughts and feelings.

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What does the letter 'S' stand for in the acronym S.T.E.A.L.?

• Spork

• Spontaneous

• Sing

• Speech

What does the letter 'T' stand for in S.T.E.A.L.?

• Thoughts

• Trick

• Tell

• Today

What does the term 'Effect' mean in the S.T.E.A.L. method?

• What is revealed through the character's effect on other people and how other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character.

• What those people surrounding the character are thinking. What they would write down later in their journals.

• How this person judges themselves.

• The author does not give details of other characters.

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What is INDIRECT characterization?

• The amount of adjectives and adverbs used to describe the character.

• When the author TELLS things that reveal the personality of the character.

• When the author lets side characters describe the main character.

• When the author SHOWS things that reveal the personality of the character. What the reader must infer about them.

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What does the term 'Thoughts' stand for in S.T.E.A.L.?

• What other people think of the character.

• What is revealed through the character's private thoughts and feelings.

• The main character thinking about what to eat for lunch.

• What other characters do.

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What does the term 'Speech' mean in the acronym S.T.E.A.L.?

• What the character's inner monologue says about other characters.

• How much authority the character exerts over others.

• The number of people talking over each other.

• What the character says and how they speak.

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