Characterization
What is the definition of Characterization?
How an author shows what a character is like.
What does POV mean and stand for?
Point of view means who is telling the story and how much they know
What does Imagery mean?
details that helps you understand the story better using the senses
What does Conflict mean?
Conflict is the struggle or problem a character faces in a story.
What does the theme mean?
main idea or point of the story
Ramon is ambitious but also selfish, leaving his family to chase Success. Which story is this characterization from?
Negocios
Who is telling the story in Negocios?
Yunior or Papi's son
What are the 5 senses used in Imagery?
see (sight)
sound/ hear (noises, voices, music)
touch/ feel (textures, temperature)
Smell (scents, odor)
Taste (flavors, food describing)
Ralph versus Jack
Man vs Man
What does setting mean?
Where or when a story takes place.
Ralph represents order, while Jack represents savagery and chaos. Which movie is this characterization from?
Lord of the Flies
Who is telling the story in They Called Us Enemy?
George Takei (George)
How did the Pretties world look versus the Uglies?
Pretties had more colors, looked "perfect", had parties, and bright, shiny
George versus camp
Man vs Society
When did They Called Us Enemy take place?
1940s or World War II (WWII)
Young George is innocent and confused when his family is put in the camps. Which graphic novel is this characterization from?
They Called Us Enemy
What is the difference between first-person versus second-person POV?
1st person is a character in the story (I, me & my) is common in novels
while 2nd person is the person telling the story is talking to the reader (You, Your) which is rare
Give an example of smell.
Must use a detail of smelling something like the room smelled like feet or the food smelled like burnt popcorn.
In Uglies what was Tally's conflict?
Man Vs Self
What is a literary device?
ways a writer makes their story interesting or creates emotions or meaning.
Name 5 ways an author shows Characterization.
actions (what they do),
words (what they say),
thoughts (what they are thinking),
appearance (how they look or dress)
and how others react to them (how other people treat or say)
Out of all the movies and stories we read this school year, which two are third-person POV?
Lord of the Flies and The Uglies
Describe how the internment camps in They Called Us Enemy looked?
crowded, dirty, fences, gates, guns, soldiers, large
Where do we see Man vs Nature?
The Lord of the Flies (the boys are stranded/lost on the island and must survive)
Freedom would be which literary device?
Theme or main idea