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Characterization. Unit. Basic Academic Vocabulary. Character Point of View: the perspective of the narrator’s voice Direct Characterization: The author tells readers about characters by making direct statements about their personality.
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Characterization Unit
Basic Academic Vocabulary • Character Point of View: the perspective of the narrator’s voice • Direct Characterization: The author tells readers about characters by making direct statements about their personality. • Indirect Characterization: The author shows what a character is like through his/her speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions and looks. • Character Development: the change in characterization of a dynamic character, who changes over the course of a narrative.
“Greyling” Vocabulary • Grief: sadness caused by loss, misfortune, or trouble. • Sheared: break off or cause to break off • Slough: to cast off one’s skin • Wallowed: To move with difficulty in a clumsy or rolling manner; flounder: