Characterization Quiz

What is the term that explains when the author tells us about a character?

• Indirect characterization

• Characterization through dialogue

• Characterization through plot

• Direct characterization

Give an example of direct characterization from a book or movie.

• How we come to understand of how Josef's father is feeling.

• Mahmoud's mothers response to what is lost in the ocean.

• How Mahmoud manages the bullies in Syria.

• Harry Potter in 'The Lord of the Rings'

What is indirect characterization?

• Using flashbacks to show a character's past experiences

• Describing a character's physical appearance

• Revealing the personality of a character through their thoughts, actions, speech, and interactions with other characters.

• Directly stating a character's personality traits

How can an author use indirect characterization to reveal a character's traits?

• By describing the character's physical appearance only

• By directly stating the character's traits in the narrative

• By showing the character's actions, thoughts, speech, and how other characters react to them.

• By having the character directly tell the reader about their traits

What are personality traits?

• Personality traits are determined by the weather

• Personality traits are based on favorite foods

• Personality traits are inherited from parents

• Personality traits are the unique qualities and characteristics that define an individual's behavior and attitude.

What are character motivations?

• The physical appearance of a character

• The setting of the story

• Reasons for a character's behavior or actions

• The plot of the story

How do character motivations drive the plot of a story?

• By causing the plot to remain stagnant

• By influencing their actions and decisions, which in turn drive the events of the plot.

• By being completely irrelevant to the story

• By having no impact on the plot

What is character development?

• The process of creating and evolving a font style

• The process of creating and evolving a character throughout a story or narrative.

• The process of creating and evolving a plot

• The process of creating and evolving a setting

Describe a character from a story and explain how they undergo character development throughout the plot.

• Mahmoud's little brother becoming such a chatter box.

• How Josef's father is afraid throughout the story.

• How Isabel becomes finds what her music was missing.

• Iván and how his character grows and changes throughout the story.