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Prompts for Responding to Fiction

Prompts for Responding to Fiction. Characters. How do they appear to others?. Think about what words the writer uses to describe their features, build, clothing. What does the writer want to suggest to the reader about the character’s behaviour, attitude or interests?.

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Prompts for Responding to Fiction

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  1. Prompts for Responding to Fiction Characters

  2. How do they appear to others? • Think about what words the writer uses to describe their features, build, clothing. • What does the writer want to suggest to the reader about the character’s behaviour, attitude or interests?

  3. How do they appear to others? • When reading, try to get a picture of the character in your head. • Keira Knightely might be described as “skinny”. What might the writer be trying to imply about her?

  4. How do they appear to others? • Have a look at these photos and describe the person without using any obvious words.

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  9. What do they do? • What can the reader infer about the characters from their actions and behaviour? • Have a look at the following sentences and suggest what they say about the character:

  10. What they do? • The man tiptoed on to the stage. • The man sidled on to the stage. • The man strode on to the stage. • The man rushed on to the stage. • The man swaggered on to the stage.

  11. What they say? • When reading, think about the writer’s use of direct speech. • What does this tell us about what the writer thinks, feels or is likely to do?

  12. How they say it? • How does the writer make the character speak? • Listen to the following clips and write down what you discover about the characters: • http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/recordings/group/london-hackney.shtml • http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/recordings/group/scotland-mull.shtml • http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/recordings/group/essex-ingatestone.shtml

  13. How they say it? • Always remember to consider: • Accent • The words that someone uses (slang/formal language/new terms/old fashioned words)

  14. What other characters say/think? • We have to think about how other people see them. • Are they liked or disliked, admired, despised, trusted? • Do we believe what others say about them?

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