All of the above. Authors use a combination of the characters' private thoughts, speech, and the opinions of other characters to develop characterization and create well-rounded, dynamic characters. By utilizing these elements, authors can provide insight into the character's personality, motivations, and development throughout the story.
speech, actions, direct characterization, private thoughts, opinions of other characters, and appearance.
Some characterization techniques used in short stories include direct characterization (where a character's traits are explicitly stated by the author), indirect characterization (revealing a character's traits through their actions, thoughts, or dialogue), and dynamic characterization (showing how a character changes or evolves throughout the story). Other techniques include character foils (contrasting characters to highlight specific traits) and round characters (characters with complex and multi-dimensional personalities).
a characters thoughts and feelings is called direct characterization
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The six characterization terms are: physical description, actions and behaviors, thoughts and feelings, dialogue, background information, and relationships with other characters.
There is direct characterization and indirect characterization. Direct characterization is when the author tells the reader something about the character. Indirect characterization is when the author uses words to show the reader something about the character. The author can show you what the character says, do and thinks and through water other characters say about, think about, or how they act towards that character.
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."
The term for the way a writer gives information about characters through their actions, thoughts, and appearances is called "characterization." It helps readers understand and connect with the characters more deeply.
Indirect characterization in "Grief" by Anton Chekhov refers to the author revealing information about the characters through their actions, thoughts, and dialogue rather than explicitly stating their traits. Through indirect characterization, readers can infer the personalities, motivations, and emotions of the characters in the story.
Character: Character is revealed by what the author "says" about him/her (direct characterization; his/her thoughts/speech; his/her actions; what other characters say about him/her (indirect characterization). A character can be static (remain the same) or dynamic (change as a result of the events of the story.So, the four elements of characterization are:Through what the author says about him/herThrough his/her speech/thoughtsThrough his/her actionsThrough what other characters say about him/her