Character Building

Character Traits

- unique attitudes behaviors, and beliefs that contribute to a fictional character’s personality. - Can be positive or negative, and they are often displayed through the character’s actions, thoughts, feelings, and or dialogue.

Direct Characterization

- the writer makes direct statements about a character’s personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like.

Indirect Characterization

-the process of describing a character through that character’s thought, actions, and dialogue. (used by authors to guide the reader into making their own conclusions about a character)

Mood

-the atmosphere of a narrative, the emotions that a text evokes from a reader

Words to describe mood:

• shocked

• playful

• bored

• livid

• anguish

• exalted

• isolated

What contributes to mood?-

• Setting

• Imagery

• Genre

• Word Choice

• Character Emotions

• Plot

Week 5 Starters

Write the adverb that modifies the term in bold:

The young puppies thoroughly enjoy a game of fetch

They traveled eagerly down the bumpy road

I really want the biggest suite available

The very young ducklings swarm the clear pond

This is a really spicy hot sauce

The amazingly shocking story surprised them all.

Quite slowly, the waiter greeted the family with a forced smile

The children at the birthday party devoured the birthday cake very quickly

She danced more beautifully tonight than she had before.

Friday