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What is Characterization?

• The process through which the writer brings forth the nature, personality, and physical appearance of the characters

• The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place

• A lesson, especially one concerning what is right, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience

• Characterization is not important in a story

What is the first way to characterize?

• Character

• Direct Characterization

• Setting

• Moral

What is the second way to characterize?

• Setting

• Moral

• Indirect Characterization

• Visualization

What is Direct Characterization?

• Giving the story a setting

• Directly and straight up telling the reader the character's actual physical and mental traits.

• Giving directions to a character in a story

• Indirectly and not outright providing the reader with information but forcing the reader to use their imagination

What is Indirect Characterization?

• Directly giving characteristic traits to a character in a story

• Indirect and not outright providing the reader with information but forcing the reader to use their imagination

• The setting of a story

• The moral of a story

True or False:

The 5 elements of characterization can be explained with the acronym S.T.E.A.L.

• True

• False

True or False:

The S.T.E.A.L. method is strictly for Indirect Characterization.

• True

• False

What is the letter "S" for in S.T.E.A.L.?

• What the character thinks

• What the character says

• What the character looks like

• How the character acts

What is the letter "T" for in S.T.E.A.L.?

• How the character acts

• What the character says

• What the character thinks

• What the character looks like

What is the letter "E" for in S.T.E.A.L.?

• What effect a character has on others

• How the character acts

• What the character says

• What the character thinks