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Elements of Character

Elements of Character. How does an author reveal character?. Description (author’s) Speech (a character’s own words) Appearance (how a character looks) Private thoughts (how a character thinks) Reactions of others (how other characters feel about the character)

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Elements of Character

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  1. Elements of Character

  2. How does an author reveal character? • Description (author’s) • Speech (a character’s own words) • Appearance (how a character looks) • Private thoughts (how a character thinks) • Reactions of others (how other characters feel about the character) • Actions (what a character does)

  3. Description (D) Once upon a time there lived an unhappy young girl. Her mother was dead and her father had married a widow with two daughters. Her stepmother didn't like her one little bit. All her kind thoughts and loving touches were for her own daughters. Nothing was too good for them - dresses, shoes, delicious food, soft beds, and every home comfort.. No lovely dishes, nothing but scraps. No rest and no comfort. She had to work hard all day. Only when evening came was she allowed to sit for a while by the fire, near the cinders. That’s why everybody called her Cinderella.

  4. Speech (S) • Cinderella sighed, “Oh dear, I'm so unhappy!”

  5. Appearance • But, for the poor unhappy girl, there was nothing at all. No dresses, only her stepsisters’ hand-me-downs.

  6. Private Thoughts (PT) • One day, beautiful new dresses arrived at the house. A ball was to be held at the palace and the stepsisters were getting ready to go. Cinderella didn't even dare ask if she could go too. She knew very well what the answer would be

  7. Reactions of Others (RO) • “Now for your coach,” said the fairy; "Areal lady would never go to a ball on foot!

  8. Actions (Ac) • Cinderella had a wonderful time at the ball until she heard the first stroke of midnight! She remembered what the fairy had said, and without a word of goodbye she slipped from the Prince’s arms and ran down the steps. As she ran she lost one of her slippers, but not for a moment did she dream of stopping to pick it up! If the last stroke of midnight were to sound... oh... what a disaster that would be! Out she fled and vanished into the night

  9. T chart for characters

  10. T-chart cont.

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