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Understanding Characterization Techniques

The document discusses characterization in literature, explaining how writers reveal characters' personalities through direct and indirect methods, including the S.T.E.A.L. technique. It categorizes characters into types such as protagonist, antagonist, dynamic, static, round, and flat. Additionally, it suggests an activity to analyze a chosen movie or book by identifying various character types and mapping the plot structure.

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Understanding Characterization Techniques

The document discusses characterization in literature, explaining how writers reveal characters' personalities through direct and indirect methods, including the S.T.E.A.L. technique. It categorizes characters into types such as protagonist, antagonist, dynamic, static, round, and flat. Additionally, it suggests an activity to analyze a chosen movie or book by identifying various character types and mapping the plot structure.

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Characterization

Characterization
How the writer reveals the
personality of a character
-Direct characterization
Direct characterization tells the
audience
“The patient boy and quiet girl
were both well mannered and
minded their father.”
Characterization
Indirect characterization: shows things
that reveal the personality of a character
S.T.E.A.L:
Speech: What does the character say?
Thoughts: What is revealed?
Effect on others toward the character
Actions: How does the character
behave?
Looks: What does the character look
like?
Types of Characters
Protagonist: Central character
Antagonist: Directly opposes
protagonist
Dynamic: changes throughout the
plot of a story
May be sudden but expected
based on the story’s events
Static: little changes if any,
stagnant
Types of characters
Round character – complex personalities;
a character whose personality, background,
motives, and other features are fully
delineated by the author.

Flat character – relatively uncomplicated;


one-dimensional
Choose a movie or a book
and…

Identify the protagonist and the antagonist.


Identify 2 round characters and 2 flat
characters.
Identify 2 dynamic characters and 2 static
characters.
Map out the plot structure using Freytag’s
analysis.

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