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Indirect description means showing what the character is like instead of just telling. Here are some examples.
Direct: He was a jolly fat man.
Indirect: His big belly shook like a bowl full of jelly when he laughed, which was often.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoTraits are just anything about the character! Sometimes the story states it straight out, such as saying what they look like. Sometimes you can figure out that they have a certain personality or certain emotions by the way they talk and act.
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∙ 10y agoHere's a link to help you learn how to describe people. Character traits are just the things about a person, like their feelings and thoughts and behaviors.
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Is this description of the dog direct or indirect characterization?
Indirect. The narrator uses words and thoughts to reveal character traits of the dog.
What does character description mean of an book?
A character description is a descriptive statement or representation of a particular character. The qualities of a character are described to give an account of what kind of person that character is.
What are characterization techniques?
Some characterization techniques are direct and indirect. Direct characterization is when the author gives direct descriptions of the character he is describing. Indirect would be when an author describes a character by what other people think of him, or what the character says. 1) What the character says or does 2) What others say about him/her 3) Physical description 4) What the character thinks
What is the definition of direct character development and indirect character development?
Indirect characterization is the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance. Direct characterization is the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets.
Indirect characterization requires the reader to?
Indirect characterization is a method of development that requires the readers make a inductive leap. Based on information about the character, the reader makes an inference about their nature.
Is when the author leaves it up to the reader to infer what a character is like based on clues provided in the text.?
That is known as indirect characterization. It involves revealing a character's personality, traits, or motivations through their actions, thoughts, dialogue, and interactions with others, allowing readers to make their own interpretations.
What are five ways an author develops character through indirect characterization?
Indirect characterization is when the author conveys something about a character through how they act or speak rather than saying it in the narration. So an example of indirect characterization is anything that shows who a person rather than something like, "She was a very angry person."
What is a character's biography?
A description of the character's life.
What is a method of revealing information about a character by showing the character's words and actions?
Indirect Characterization
The difference between indirect and direct characteristics?
direct characterization- is when the author directly states something about the character. indirect characterization-when you learn about the character through their action and dialogue.
Character Description for Hannah Stern from The Devil' Arithmetic?
Character Description for Hannah Stern from The Devil' Arithmetic?
What is it called when an author uses the character's own action and the words of other characters to tell about the character?
This is one form of indirect characterization.
