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What is characterization?

What is characterization?. We will find out using the STEAL method!. What is characterization?. Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization.

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What is characterization?

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  1. What is characterization? We will find out using the STEAL method!

  2. What is characterization? • Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. • Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization.

  3. Direct Characterization • Direct Characterization: the author tells us what a character is like. • The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells what the character is like. • Ex: The patient boy and quietgirl were well mannered and neverdisobeyed their mother.

  4. Indirect Characterization • Showing the reader is considered indirection characterization. • The writer reveals information about a character and his personality through that character's thoughts, words, and actions, along with how other characters respond to that character, including what they think and say about him. • Ex: The girl strolled undetected toward the sandy expanse of the beach while her brother sprinted towards the water’s edge kicking up sand onto nearby sunbathers and startling people all around with the tunes blaring from his handheld radio.

  5. STEAL Method Speech (dialogue) : the things said and how they are spoken Thoughts :the character’s private thoughts and feelings Emotions :how do others react to or behave in relation to the character? Actions:the things a character does Looks:How the character looks/ how he or she dresses, etc.

  6. Characterization Practice • A. Ed Johnson scratched his head in confusion as the sales rep explained Dralco’s newest engine performance diagnostic computer. The old mechanic hated modern electronics, preferring the old days when all he needed was a stack of manuals and a good set of tools. • B. “That Ed Johnson,” said Anderson, watching the old mechanic scratch his head in confusion as the sales rep explained Dralco’s newest engine performance diagnostic computer. “He hasn’t got a clue about modern electronics. Give him a good set of tools and a stack of yellowing manuals with a carburetor needing repair, and he’d be happy as a hungry frog in a fly-field.”

  7. Characterization Practice • A. Julie owned a multitude of outfits and accessories, and it always took her forever to decide which combination might impress Trent. As usual, she called her sister several times for advice. After doing so, Julie decided to give the navy blue skirt with the white sweater a try. • B. Julie held up six different outfits in front of the mirror and pondered which would go best with her navy blue shoes, pastel eye shadow and the diamond earrings she’d already procured from her overflowing vanity. After ninety minutes of mixing and matching, and cell-phoning her sister three times for advice, Julie finally made up her mind. She’d give the navy blue skirt and white sweater a try, hoping Trent would love it.

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