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Direct and Indirect Characterization

Directions: Underneath the heading “direct characterization”, write down adjectives describing who you are or what you are feeling. Next, show who you without using the adjectives; you will write your descriptions under the heading “indirect characterization”. See examples below for guidance.

|Who Are You? How Are You Feeling? |Show Who You Are or What You Feel |

|Direct Characterization |Indirect Characterization |

|The narrator directly tells the reader something about a character. |The narrator indirectly tells/ shows the reader something about a |

| |character. |

|Ex A: I was hungry. |Everyone in class laughed when my stomach growled while our teacher was |

| |talking about pizza and brownies. |

|Ex B: I am very intelligent. |I never have to study for tests, yet I consistently earn A’s in all of |

| |my classes. |

|Ex C: I am so funny, and I make everyone laugh. |Sam said that he laughed so hard at my joke that milk came out of his |

| |nose. |

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|2) | |

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Direct and Indirect Characterization

Directions: After reading “The Possibility of Evil,” find examples from the story of direct and indirect characterization. Make sure to indicate the name of the character being referenced. The examples of direct and indirect characterization do not need to connect to one another as they did on the front side. They may be independent examples. Then provide a small explanation of why your example is direct or indirect characterization. See the examples below.

|Direct Characterization |Indirect Characterization |

|Example: “Miss Strangeworth hated sloppiness” (192). The reader is |Example: “Miss Strangeworth stopped at her own front gate, as she |

|directly told that Miss Strageworth hates sloppiness. |always did” (192). The reader can infer that Miss Strangeworth is a |

| |creature of habit based on the narration that she always stops at her |

| |front gate. |

|1) |2) |

|3) |4) |

|5) |6) |

|7) |8) |

|9) |10) |

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