Tuesday, January 31, 2012

CHARACTERIZATION

DUE DATE/TIME: THURSDAY, February 2nd/11:59pm
1.  Always type your FIRST NAME and LAST INITIAL.  Full names will result in a DELETION of the comment and no better than a C grade.

2.  Provide me with some basic citation information about the novel you have chosen to read.  INCORRECT CAPITALZATION and PUNCTUATION will result in a C!!!

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium.

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DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION:  When the narrator or author directly informs the reader about a character’s physical or personality traits.

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION:  When the trait is implied and the reader must infer the information about a character.

3.  Choose any character from your book to write a descriptive paragraph about.  Be sure to include CITED TEXT to support your characterization AND explain if it is DIRECT or INDIRECT.

4.  READ YOU PEER’S posts!!!  You must make a meaningful comment on a post to receive full credit.

CHARACTERIZATION

DUE DATE/TIME: THURSDAY, February 2nd/11:59pm
1.  Always type your FIRST NAME and LAST INITIAL.  Full names will result in a DELETION of the comment and no better than a C grade.

2.  Provide me with some basic citation information about the novel you have chosen to read.  INCORRECT CAPITALZATION and PUNCTUATION will result in a C!!!

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium.

*      *      *      *      *      *      *      *      *      *      *      *     
DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION:  When the narrator or author directly informs the reader about a character’s physical or personality traits.

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION:  When the trait is implied and the reader must infer the information about a character.

3.  Choose any character from your book to write a descriptive paragraph about.  Be sure to include CITED TEXT to support your characterization AND explain if it is DIRECT or INDIRECT.

4.  READ YOU PEER’S posts!!!  You must make a meaningful comment on a post to receive full credit.