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Understanding Characterization in Letters from Rifka

Dive into different types of characters, traits, motives, and dialogue in "Letters from Rifka." Explore major and minor characters, round and flat characters, character traits, motives, and methods of characterization.

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Understanding Characterization in Letters from Rifka

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  1. Characterization We’ll cover: Types of characters Character traits Character motives Dialogue

  2. Types of Characters • Major (also called Protagonist) • Minor (supporting characters) • Round (complex) • Flat (one dimensional)

  3. Major Character • Most important to the story • They change in some way during the story • Who is a major character in Letters from Rifka?

  4. Minor Characters: • Not very important to the story but they help move the story along. • Stay the same from the beginning to the end. • These characters support the major characters

  5. Minor Characters: • Based on what we have read so far, who might a minor character be in Letters from Rifka?

  6. Character Traits • Parts of a character’s personality • brave, loyal, smart, kind, honest • NOT EMOTIONS

  7. Character Traits • The way a character • Speaks • Thinks • Acts • Qualities that cause characters to act the way they normally do

  8. Character Traits • A character is a person or animal who takes part in the action of a story. Character traits are qualities that a character has. You can identify   character traits by noticing what a character says and does. • Turn to page 8 in your activity booklet and fill in the definition. Then list two character traits for Rifka and Mama.

  9. Character Motive (motive – what causes a person to behave in a certain way) • Strong feeling • Strong need • Strong want • Strong desire • These are strong emotions

  10. Round and Flat Characters • Round characters • Are characters with lots of traits • Are complex characters • Flat characters • Are limited characters whose personalities aren’t fully developed

  11. Static vs. Dynamic • Static • Stays the samethroughout the story • Doesn’t grow and learn • Usually a minor character • Dynamic • Changes throughout the story • Learns and grows through experiences within the story • Usually a major character

  12. Protagonist • Main character in a story or novel

  13. Antagonist • The enemy or opponent of the protagonist • Name an antagonist in Letters from Rifka

  14. Six methods of characterization • Showing through dialogue • Telling through another character’s description • Showing through the character’s actions • Telling through direct description • The character’s inner thoughts and feelings • Physical appearance/ how they look and dress

  15. Actions • Are based on who the character is • Are based on how the character thinks

  16. Dialogue • What a character says aloud • How he or she says it Inner Dialogue • A character’s thoughts

  17. How do we know about the character? • By his actions • What other characters thinkand sayabout a character • By his motives • By his personality traits • By the author’s direct comments • By his beliefs

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