Characterization
What is characterization?
This is what brings characters to life
What POV uses I, me, and my?
1st person
Who are the main characters?
Kevin and max
Who is telling the story?
Maya Angelou
What is the scholarship jacket?
An award for having the highest grades for eight years
What is one method of characterization?
Physical appearance.
(Student answer vill vary)
What is 3rd person POV?
A story that use he, she, it and the narrator is out of the story
Where did Kevin bring max on a quest?
(Hint: robot)
Medical research lab in the hospital
How did maya describe MLK Jr?
Short, handsome, serious, sense of humor, understanding
What is the main characters name?
Martha
What is one method of characterization?
Narrators comments
(Students answers will vary)
What is 3rd person limited?
When the narrator only knows the thoughts, and feelings of one character
Who is Gwen?
Kevin’s mom
How did MLK Jr. react to bailey?
(Maya Angelou’s brother)
He dropped his head and looked at his hands but had sympathy
Did Martha get the jacket?
Yes
What is physical apperarance?
How a character/ human looks in the outside
What is 3rd person omniscient?
Knows thoughts,and feelings of all of the characters in the story
Why are people afraid of max?
Because he is big and looks like his father who is in prison for killing his mother
How did maya Angelou react to MLK Jr for the first time?
She was happy she could finally say how glad she was to meet him.
What did Martha overhear her teachers saying?
That Joanne is going to get the jacket even though she didn’t have the highest grades for 8 years
What is an example of physical appearance?
Ex. She was tall and had long brown hair and eyes
(Students answer will vary)
Is this sentence in 1st person or 3rd person?
She really wanted that toy horse
1st person
Why was freak and max such a good pair?
Freak needed legs and max needed a brain
Who are some minor characters in this story?
Millie Jordan, Stanley, hazel
How did Martha get the scholarship jacket?
She got it by telling her grandfather and he paid money