Characterization

When an author provides hints about what a character is like it's called

• Direct Characterization

• Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

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A character's thoughts and feelings show what is going on in their mind and can reveal quite a bit about them.

• S - Speech

• T - Thoughts

• E - Effect on others

• A - Actions

• L - Looks

S.T.E.A.L stands for

• Strengths

  Traits

  Efforts

  Attributes

  Learners

• Speech

  Thoughts

  Effects

  Actions

  Looks

Direct Characterization is

• when characters overcome the conflict in the story.

• when readers identify the setting in a story.

• when authors tell the reader about the character's personality.

• the way characters interact.

Based on this passage, what are character traits to describe the narrator?

My throat closed and I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes . . . this can't be happening I silently screamed.

• Kind, Thoughtful

• Nervous, Afraid

• Focused, Athletic

• Athletic, Talented

• Caring, Selfless

How a character makes others feel tells a lot about them as a person.

• S - Speech

• T - Thoughts

• E - Effect on others

• A - Actions

• L - Looks

A character's words can say a lot about who they are as a person.

• S - Speech

• T - Thoughts

• E - Effect on others

• A - Actions

• L - Looks

Read the following passage and decide if it is a better example of direct or indirect characterization.

Peter wasn't interested in the TV show that was playing, but the remote control was all the way across the room, so he just watched it anyway. Jan would be home soon, and she could fetch it for him then.

• Direct

• Indirect

What is characterization?

• The way an author introduces the personalities of characters

• The way an author describes the setting

• The way characters talk

• When readers relate to characters

What a character does and how they do it can help the reader make a judgment about them.

• S - Speech

• T - Thoughts

• E - Effect on others

• A - Actions

• L - Looks