DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION 1
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION 1
DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION 2
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION 2
RANDOM
100
What IS direct characterization? (Definition)
Direct characterization TELLS the audience what the personality of the character is.
100
What IS indirect characterization? (Definition)
Indirect characterization SHOWS things that reveal the personality of the character.
100
Give a direct characterization using this indirect characterization: As Mr. Smith walked by families, mothers pulled their children close to their side.
Mr. Smith is dangerous to children.
100
""But there were so many of them this time. She knew moments of doubt when she was half-afraid, and kept looking back over her shoulder, imagining that she heard the sound of pursuit.They would be pursued. Eleven of them. Eleven thousand dollars' worth of flesh and bone and muscle that belonged to Maryland planters. If they were caught, the eleven runaways would be whipped and sold South, but she-she would probably be hanged" What is the indirect characterization of Tubman?
determined, fearless, committed, strong-willed, tenacious, purposeful
100
True or false: Direct characterization uses feelings and emotions.
False. Direct characterizations DO NOT use feelings! Feelings are temporary, not permanent. Direct characterizations are character traits.
200
What is an example of direct characterization of Harriet Tubman on page 151, for extra 100 points explain?
Moses **Frees slaves, leader
200
What are the four parts of indirect characterization?
What the character says, how the character thinks, what the character does, or how others feel about the character.
200
Give a direct characterization using this indirect characterization: Kylie's name was called, and she slowly walked up the stage, staring straight at the ground.
Kylie is shy and doesn't like being in front of others.
200
"Somehow she would have to instill courage into these eleven people, most of them strangers, would have to feed them on hope and bright dreams of freedom instead of the fried pork and corn bread and milk she had promised them". What is an indirect characterization of Tubman?
leader, encourager, caring
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Who is Harriet Tubman?
Who led many slaves to freedom using the underground railroad
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"I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it." What is a direct characterization? What can be indirect characterization?
Direct: ignorant, neglected Indirect: having no education, innocent, uncared for, controlled
300
"In December, 1851, when she started out with the band of fugitives that she planned to take to Canada, she had been in the vicinity of the plantation for days, planning, the trip, carefully selecting the slaves that she would take with her" What does this indirect characterization say about the son?
Harriet Tubman is careful, organized, meticulous, brave
300
"The man who stood in the doorway looked at her coldly, looked with unconcealed astonishment and dear at the elven disheveled runaways who were standing near her." What is the direct characterization? What does sit mean?
Disheveled- when something or someone is messy or untidy.
300
"They stumbled along behind her, half-dead for sleep, and she urged them on, though she was as tired and as discouraged as they were. She had never been in Canada but she kept painting wondrous word pictures of what it would be like."
strong, determined, level headed, poised, calm, steadfast, encourager, hopeful, faithful, trusting
300
The trusting woman is a direct or indirect characterization?
Direct!
400
Give a direct characterization for Scout Finch. Then give an INDIRECT characterization to support your direct characterization!
Ms. Ema will determine if its correct or not.
400
"She had announced her arrival in the quarter by singing the forbidden spiritual-"Go down, Moses, 'way down to Egypt Land"-singing it softly outside the door of a slave cabin, late at night" What is an indirect characterization of Tubman? By singing her arrival what does it say about her character?
careful, cautious, inspiring, brave, thoughtful, fearless
400
Give a direct characterization about someone on your team followed by an indirect characterization.
First period: DIRECT - Dondrick is very tall and athletic. INDIRECT - Dondrick is successful at playing outside right receiver. He is able to catch the ball and run fast. Third period: DIRECT: Trevor is a theif. INDIRECT: He steals Ms. Weaver's phone! :) Fourth period: DIRECT: DeLaney is very loud. INDIRECT: Delaney talks a lot in class and asks numerous questions. (Sometimes on topic, sometimes off!) :) Sixth period: DIRECT: Patrick is respectful. INDIRECT: Patrick doesn't talk when Ms. Weaver is talking or give her a hard time! :) Seventh period: DIRECT: Shakyra is dedicated. INDIRECT: Shakyra comes to tutoring and asks for help so that she can be eligible to play basketball.
400
"Neither the master nor the overseer had heard or seen anything unusual in the quarter." What does quarter mean?
the area in which enslaved people lived.
500
Give three examples of direct characterizations about Ann Petry. Must be THREE complete sentences!
Ann Petry is an author. She focuses on the lives of African Americans. She appreciates Harriet Tubman.
500
"But there were so many of them this time. She knew moments of doubt when she was half-afraid, and kept looking back over her shoulder, imagining that she heard the sound of pursuit." What is the indirect characterization?
scared, worried
500
Give three direct characterizations Martin Luther King Jr. Must be THREE complete sentences!
Ms. Ema determines your answer.
500
Give three indirect characterizations about Frederick Douglass.
Ms. Ema determines answer.
500
"She had to take them all the way to Canada. The Fugitive Slave Law was no longer a great many incomprehensible words written down on the country's lawbooks" What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
a law by which enslaved people who escaped could be recovered by their owners
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