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Direct or Indirect
STEAL
Inferences
Grammar
Completely Random
100
This type of characterization tells rather than shows what the personality of the character is
What is Direct characterization
100
Indirect characterization does this to reveal the personality of a character
What is shows
100

Someone yawns while you talk. [What can you infer?]

They are bored/tired of hearing you.

100

All sentences must begin with this.

What is a capital letter?

100

This is Mr. Alvarenga's favorite baseball team.

What are the New York Mets?

200
This type of characterization shows rather than tells what what the character's personality is like.
What is indirect characterization
200

The S in STEAL stands for this.

What is Speech?

200

Someone's smile drops after you say something. [What can you infer?]

They did not like what you said.

200

These are the three types of punctuation that come at the end of sentences.

What is a period, exclamation mark, and question mark?

200

This was the type of class mascot Mr. A had a few years ago.

What is a coconut monkey?

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 does is this method of characterization.

What is action?

300
There are three cheeseburgers on the table, but after you tie your shoe and look again, there's only one. In the room, there is only you and your dog. [What can you infer?]

Your dog ate two burgers.

300

This is a sentence that does not have a subject or a predicate.

What is a fragment?

300

Lions, elephants, and whales are in this category of animals.

What are mammals?

400
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 on others?

400

What happens once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a day?

The letter E

400

These are the four different sentence types.

What is statement/declarative, question/interrogative, exclamation/exclamatory, and command/imperative?

400

Mount Everest is the highest mountain and is located in this mountain range.

What are the Himalayas?

500
The E in the mnemonic device stands for this method of indirect characterization.
What is Effect
500

"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?

500

What is full of holes but still holds water?

A sponge.

500

This shortest sentence in the English language only has three letters.

What is "I am"?

500

This is the year the Titanic sank.

What is 1912?