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☆☆☆☆☆Direct characterization is when the reader is told about how the character is outright in the text. Indirect characterization is when the reader is told of the characters actions, words or thoughts and is left to devise how the character is instead.
Direct characterization tells, whereas indirect characterization shows.
Indirect
indirect
It is the first book in the Percy Jackson series.
She wants to become rich and popular.
He gets an invitation to a ball.
The perspective through which a story is told
Katia was going to teach them a lesson they'd never forget.
No way, she thought, this is ridiculous.
There once lived a miserly, miserable old man.
Brainstorm, draft, revise, polish
a man who is usually honest but occasionally lies (apex) A.
It is often more effective to let the reader figure out what a character is like, rather than telling the reader directly.
Narration that tries to imitate the patterns of real thought.
A larger psychic distance usually creates a less inimate tone.
A closer psychic distance can create a more intimate tone.
The writer wants to write from one characters perspective only. Apex
The sound of cows kicking the barn door
a narrator who doees not view similarly like others
What does the character want?
