Character and Characterization

“She sat, her feet firmly on the floor, yet her knees shook. She gripped her arms tightly, her nails making half-moon indentations in her pale skin.”

• Indirect characterization

• Direct Characterization

A character whose entire personality can be summed up in one to two words

• Flat

• Dynamic

• Static

• Round

A character who changes as a person from the beginning to the end of the story

• Flat

• Dynamic

• Static

• Round

A character who, like real life people, are complex and contain both good and bad traits.

• Flat

• Dynamic

• Static

• Round

A character who does not change from the beginning to the end of the story.

• Flat

• Dynamic

• Static

• Round

“He sat rigidly in his chair.”

• Indirect characterization

• Direct Characterization

 “Jeremy looked like a rock star.”

• Indirect characterization

• Direct Characterization

“Arthur wasn’t much of a fighter.”

• Indirect characterization

• Direct Characterization

“Every muscle in the dog’s body flexed when he saw me.”

• Indirect characterization

• Direct Characterization

“I thought about my brother. Kemah always ate too fast and never remembered to tie his shoelaces.”

• Indirect characterization

• Direct Characterization