CHARACTERIZATION
MOOD/TONE/VOICE
THEME
PLOT/CONFLICT
RANDOM STUFF
100
Characterization Type:
She is a cheery, always upbeat person.
What is direct characterization?
100
“I want to ask the authorities what is the big deal? Why do they not control the epidemic? It is eating up lives like a monster.”
Tone or mood?
What is Tone?
100
Theme?
a united super hero family
100
Man vs. Society - External Conflict
100
Infer:
Very bad day....
200
‘Janie didn’t go in where Mrs Washburn was. She didn’t say anything to match up with Nanny’s gladness either. She just fell on a chair with her hips and sat there.’ (p. 29)
What is indirect characterization?
200
Father: “We can’t go on vacation this summer.”
Son: “Yeah, great! That’s what I expected.”
What is the tone?
SCARCASTIC
200
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOp4szS2lsw&list=PLGniCcA0UBfEa6j7ZljW_lceQM83kU_94&index=12
What is the theme?
Teamwork and hard work lead to success.
200
Man vs. Man - External conflict
200
Infer
WE ARE LOST!!!
300
‘As I approach the house I see a shadow move quickly across an upstairs window. I dash back to the gate and look up, squinting into the glare. All I see is the reflection of the sinewy oak in a corner of the weedy, unkempt garden.’
What is indirect characterization?
300
“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.”
Tone or Mood?
What is Mood?
300
What is the importance of friendship?
300
Man Vs. Nature - External conflict
300
“There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…”
What is mood?
What is calm and peaceful?
400
‘Looking up, there he was – Mr. Ramsay – advancing towards them, swinging, careless, oblivious, remote. A bit of a hypocrite? she repeated. Oh no – the most sincere of men, the truest (here he was), the best; but, looking down, she thought, he is absorbed in himself, he is tyrannical, he is unjust…’ (p. 52).
What is direct characterization?
400
“It was A LOW, DULL, QUICK SOUND – MUCH SUCH A SOUND AS A WATCH MAKES WHEN ENVELOPED IN COTTON. I gasped for breath, and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly, more vehemently but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why WOULD they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men, but the noise steadily increased. O God! What COULD I do?”
What is insanity, nervousness, guilt?
400
What is making a stand together?
400
Man vs. Self - internal conflict
500
STEAL Johnny from outsiders
Speech: Gentle
Thoughts: heroic
Effect: acts with integrity
Actions: saved children from burning church
Looks: Greaser/Thug
500
“And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don’t know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn’t the best. We complained about it. So we’ve got thirty kids there, each kid had his or her own little tree to plant and we’ve got these thirty dead trees. All these kids looking at these little brown sticks, it was depressing.”
What is tone?
What is gloomy?
500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUngH-qQGAk&list=PLGniCcA0UBfEa6j7ZljW_lceQM83kU_94&index=15
Remember 5 of these themes and recite them.
1. Laughter is stronger than fear. 2. We are the masters of our destiny. 3. You're never too old to play with toys. 4. When we work together, we cannot be stopped. 5.There's always hope. 6. The best relationships are based on trust. 7. Family makes us stronger. 8. It's not always the destination, but the journey that counts. 9. The best jobs are done by a team. 10. The adventure never ends.