1. Characterization Point of View Setting
Literary Elements
Characterization
Point of View
Setting

2. Characterization
Character Analysis is the same thing you do every day as you try to understand the people around you.
Look at the following picture and describe what you actually see.

3. This busy woman is tired.

4. Direct Characterization
Author directly tells about the character
Physical Appearance
Nature/Personality
Now look at the picture again and describe what you think is true about the person.

5. This busy woman is tired.

6. Indirect Characterization
You have to figure out details about the character by examining their words, actions, and what other characters say and think.
This is called inference—drawing conclusions. It’s similar to looking at the picture of the woman and deciding what you “think” is true.

7. Antagonist and Protagonist
Protagonist = the main character or hero of the story
Antagonist = the person or thing working against the protagonist

8. Point of View Point of View = who tells the story and how it is told
Narrator = the person telling the story

9. First Person A character in the story tells the story “I”
Everything is seen as that character sees it—not necessarily objective

10. Third Person Omniscient
A person outside of the story tells the story and knows everything—even thoughts
Can be several places at once
Knows past and present

11. Third Person Limited
A person outside of the story tells the story but is limited in what is known
Usually follows one character

12. Setting Time and Place in which the action of the story takes place
Local Color = the use of specific details that are common to a certain area of the country

13. Mood The feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader
What kind of mood is set by the following settings?