Direct or Indirect
Indirect characterization
Types of characters
Story Elements
Random
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This type of characterization tells rather than shows what the personality of the character is
What is Direct characterization
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Indirect characterization does this to reveal the personality of a character
What is shows
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This character has many sides and complex personalities.
What is round
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This is the time and place of the story.
What is setting
100
the hero or main character of a story is know as this
What is protagonist
200
This type of characterization shows rather than tells what what the character's personality is like.
What is indirect characterization
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Speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks are five of these
What is methods of characterization
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This type of character has many sides to their personality that change, for better or worse, by the end of the story.
What is dynamic
200
The person in a work of fiction or the characteristics of a person are also known as this.
What is character
200
The villain or the person opposing the protagonist is known as this
What is antagonist
300
"The patient girl and the quiet boy were both well mannered" is an example of this type of this form of characterization.
What is direct characterization
300
What the character says is this method of characterization
What is speech
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This type of character has a personality that is presented only briefly and not in depth.
What is flat
300
Round, flat, static and dynamic are type of this
What is characters
300

We only see the mean side of Beloit in Broken Blade, he is considered this type of character.

What is flat?

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Speech, thought, effects, actions and looks can be remembered through this mnemonic device.
What is STEAL
400
How other characters feel or behave in reaction to other characters is this method of characterization
What is effect
400
These types of characters are often stereotypes, have one or two characteristics that never change that are emphasized.
What is static
400
How the author arranges events to develop his or her basic idea is this story element
What is the plot
400
Marge Simpson is so in love with Homer Simpson that he makes her laugh whenever she is near him is an example of this method of characterization.
What is effect on others
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The E in the mnemonic device stands for this method of indirect characterization.
What is Effect
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"She dressed all in black, from head to toe and even wore black lipstick." is an example of this method of characterization
What is looks
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Pierre in Broken Blade is this type of character because his thinking changes at the end of the book.

What is dynamic

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Protagonist + antagonist = this
What is conflict/problem
500

What type of character shows many sides, thoughts, or feelings. They are very complex.

What is round

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