1. Characters Types of Characters Types of Characterization

2. Character The people (or animals, items, etc. presented as people) appearing in a literary work. Types of Characters: Round Flat Dynamic Static Development Change

3. Amount of character development Round Character: is fully developed, convincing, true to life. Flat Character: stereotyped, shallow, often symbolic, not fully developed; know only one-side of the character.

4. Amount of change in a character Dynamic Character: undergoes some basic character change in story; that is characterized by energy of effective action: vigorously active or forceful;energetic Static Character: does not change in the course of the story or changes very little

5. Methods of Characterization 1.Direct 2. Indirect

6. Direct Characterization 1.Direct: “he was an old man..” (The Old Man and the Sea) Information provided to the reader from the author Details stated as facts Methods of Characterization

7. Indirect Characterization Physical appearance Methods of Characterization Usually Hamadi was wearing a white shirt, shiny black tie, and a jacket that reminded Susan of the earth’s surface just above the treeline on a mountain—thin, somehow purified. from “Hamadi” by Naomi Shihab Nye

8. Indirect Characterization Actions Methods of Characterization Disregarding the song of the birds, the wav- ing green trees, and the smell of the flowers, Jimmy headed straight for a restaurant. from “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry

9. Indirect Characterization Own Words Methods of Characterization “I cannot help these people yet,” he calmly told me. “But when the time comes, I will help them all that I can.” from “Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story” by Ken Mochizuki

10. Indirect Characterization Thoughts and feelings Methods of Characterization Although she warned that she hadn’t tried her hand at baking sweets for some time, I was certain that like everything else about her the cookies would be perfect. from “Mrs. Flowers” by Maya Angelou

11. Indirect Characterization Character relationship Methods of Characterization “Now, Valentine,” said the warden, “you’ll go out in the morning. Brace up, and make a man of yourself. You’re not a bad fellow at heart. Stop cracking safes, and live straight.” from “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry