What are the different methods of characterization?

Answer 1

1. Setting - characters are what the contents of their room suggest.
2. Testimony - characters are what other characters say about them
3. Plot1 - characters are what they do
4. Plot2 - characters are what they say
5. Internalization - characters are what they think
6. Hints and comparisons - characters are what they are compared to other characters.

OR:

1) Action

2) How Others View Them

3) Private Thoughts

4) Dialogue

5) Appearance

Answer 2

The four major methods of analyzing characters are:by what the other characters say about the character

by what the character says

by what the author says about the character

by what the character does

Answer 3

Chaucer invented a list -- of six ways -- for describingand analyzing characters:

What the character said

What the character did

What the character thought

What the character wore

What the narrator said about the character

What other characters said about the character

The three methods of characterization are

1. showing the characters by what they do and think.

2. by showing what other characters say about them.

3. by describing their physical features dress and personality

The author reveals the personality of a character by showing what the character does and how he acts or responds to a situation.

"Characterization is the use of literary techniques to reveal the nature of a character. A writer may reveal a character in four different ways.

The writer may:

-describe the character's appearance.

-report the character's speech and behavior.

-describe the reactions of other characters to the individual.

-reveal the character's thoughts and feelings."

Characterization is the act of creating a character.

The elements, or how an author goes about creating a character, are below:

1.) Speech and actions of the character

2.) Speech and actions of other characters

3.) Physical description

4.) Direct comment from narrator

5.) Environment

Answer 4

The five primary methods of characterization are:

1) Dialogue: the syntax, accents, diction within the speech of a character can hint to important details regarding the character's nationality, heritage, upbringing, moral standings, social skills, and overall personality.

2) Physical Actions/Reactions: The character's actions and reactions to the plot events and other characters is shown in the prose of literature and often positioned in such a way to determine a writer's style. Contemporary writers like to situate particular actions/reactions in between dialogue and throughout the prose whereas centuries-old writers used to include mostly exposition with little dialogue. Overall, the actions/reactions of the character allows the reader to observe the character's body language and interpret the character's personality instead of being blatantly told what the character is like, as was often done in the past.

3) Physical traits/characteristics: Writers tend to choose or only describe the physical attributes/flaws of a character that are symbolically significant to the character and story. Again, in past centuries, writers would often dump information in blocked paragraphs for the reader to sift through but more contemporary writers use the technique of only drawing attention to the most telling characteristics of a character's physical appearance so as to allow the reader to make inferences and more easily remember the character.

Example 1: A character with graying hair peppered with black might symbolically signify a dual personality. This could foreshadow a plot event in the future where the character shows both dark and light sides to his personality.

Example 2: A character with a nervous stutter would suggest to the reader that this character is struggling with internal self esteem issues and does not feel comfortable in large social surroundings. The characteristic stutter is a telling quirk that personifies who this character is as a person.

4) Internal Monologue/Thoughts: The internal thoughts of a character provide insight for the reader into a character's mind, allowing them to experience the character's conflicts and sentiments on a personal level and learn things about him/her that would not have been otherwise obvious within the dialogue or actions.

5) Names: The names given to a character often suggest or symbolize some sort of underlying characteristic or principle within the character's personality. Not all authors choose symbolically significant names but those that do, tend to do so to reinforce the overall theme of the story or the character's overall conflict. Nicknames that are given to characters also apply.

Example 1: The name, Harry Potter, is the most common and unremarkable of the character names within the Harry Potter series. Rowling chose this name in attempt to both foreshadow an underlying theme that every day people can achieve remarkable goals and to also allow the reader more ability to relate to the character and see him as someone not unlike themselves.

Example 2: A character who practices celibacy might be nicknamed "monk," and this is to both characterize his personality/values and to show the reader how other characters might judge this character.

The most direct of these 5 are the dialogue, actions/reactions, and internal thoughts because they more blatantly inform/show the reader the character's personality traits than the subtle hints symbolized through appearance or names.

Answer 5

Of course! Here's a link to show you different methods of characterization.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Characterization can be direct, as in "He was a sad man." It can also be indirect, as in "A tear rolled down his cheek as he sat in the cafe."