indirect characterization
What can characterization reveal to the reader? The fears and motivations of the characters. Apex 1.2.3 quiz
Characters
It affects how the reader will interpret characters' actions.
An objective narrator reports action and dialog without telling the reader what characters think or feel.
It gets readers invested in characters and the setting
In "The Westing Game," the reader knows the true identities and motives of the characters involved in the Westing game mystery, as well as the solution to the puzzle. Grace, one of the characters in the story, is not privy to this information and is playing the game along with the other heirs, trying to uncover the truth.
Expostition
What can characterization reveal to the reader? The fears and motivations of the characters. Apex 1.2.3 quiz
Normative characters, as the term implies, work as stand-ins for the reader. Other characters in a story may conceal their motives or behave deceptively, but a normative character offers the reader opportunity to identify with someone who steers a clear course through the events of the plot. When normative characters narrate the story, they seem to possess clarity of vision and hold values sufficiently like the reader's to make them dependable reporters. When they are actors within a story recounted in third-person narration, normative characters display traits meant to resemble similar ones readers find in themselves. (Reilly 122-123)
Characters
Characters
Stock characters are instantly familiar to the reader, and will allow the reader to understand what's going to happen and how the characters are going to react without a lot of description and explanation.
It places limits on what characters can and can't do.
It affects how the reader will interpret characters' actions.
characters.
The exposition stage of the plot introduces the reader to the characters. This is where we learn about the setting, background information, and key characters in the story.
An objective narrator reports action and dialog without telling the reader what characters think or feel.