Characterization Review

The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother. --- This is an example of which characterization method?

• Physical appearance

• Thoughts, speech, and actions

• Other characters

• Narrator's comments

When the cat is told to leave, he leaves with slumped shoulders and a sad face. --- This is an example of which characterization method?

• Thoughts, speech, and actions

• Narrator's comments

• Physical appearance

• Other characters

Troy wondered what it would feel like if he won the championship. He told himself he was going to practice every day to achieve this goal. --- This is an example of which characterization method?

• Narrator's comments

• Thoughts, speech, and actions

• Physical appearance

• Other characters

Clues to a character's personality can be given by another characters thoughts and reactions. What characterization method is this?

• Narrator's comments

• Physical appearance

• Other characters

• Thoughts, speech, and actions

Characterization is...

• how an author creates characters

• the same as the plot

• unnecessary

What is Characterization?

• It is the way the author explains about a SETTING using context clues.

• It is the way the author explains about a CHARACTER using context clues.

• It is the way the author explains about a PLOT using context clues.

• It is the way the author explains about a COMPLICATION using context clues.

What does characterization help a reader do?

• Make inferences about the characters.

• Make inferences about the author's purpose.

• Make inferences about the plot

• All of the above and more!

This quote is an example of _______ characterization. "This house is in a pasture, too, like the other one. No doubt when Dee sees it she will want to tear it down. She wrote me once that no matter where we "choose' to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends."

• Direct

• Indirect

This quote is an example of _________ characterization. "Mr. Pirzada and my parents spoke the same language, laughed at the same jokes, looked more or less the same. They ate pickled mangoes with their meals, ate rice every night for supper with their hands."

• Direct

• Indirect

A character is too scared to try anything new. After he gets hurt and has to spend two months in a wheelchair, he can't wait to try rock climbing like his dad has always begged him.

• The character is static

• The character is dynamic