High School Teammates Review

A type of characterization that simply states what a person or character is like.

• indirect

• direct

• both direct and indirect

• neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Direct Characterization includes -

• anecdotes and short stories

• only quotations and dialogue

• anecdotes, quotations, dialogue, and description

• only description

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

An anecdote is...

• conversation that may include the writer

• details that provide information about the person

• a person's exact words

• brief stories to illustrate a point

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Quotations are -

• details that provide information about a person

• conversations that may include the writer

• person's exact words set in quotation marks

• brief stories to illustrate a point

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Dialogue is -

• brief stories that illustrate a point

• a person's exact words, set in quotation marks

• conversations which may include the writer

• details that provide information about the person

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"At Leroy's first practice, his first partner was the only other wrestler on the team powerful enough to handle him."

What type of characterization is this?

• Direct

• Indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"Yet as he got older, he not only accepted the condition but also adjusted well to his inability to see that those around him often were unaware of anything until he told them."

What type of characterization is this?

• Direct

• Indirect

• Neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"'It's amazing,'" Robinson said. 'As phenomenal as he is, and he can't see. How does that happen?'"

What type of characterization is this?

• Direct

• Indirect

• Neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"'I didn't want to be in my chair,' he said. 'I had to build my arm muscles up so I could move around...I move around on my arms a lot.'"

What type of characterization is this?

• Direct

• Indirect

• Neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"It was December 7, 2001, the day that shaped Leroy's body, and his life."

What type of characterization is this?

• Direct

• Indirect

• Neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3