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Characterisation Questions

Characterisation Questions. Journal ENTRY. Questions to ask when analysing characters (ANSWER ABOUT YOUR NOVEL). Questions for studying characters 1. Does a main character in your text undergo a change in attitudes or behaviour ? How and why?

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Characterisation Questions

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  1. Characterisation Questions Journal ENTRY

  2. Questions to ask when analysing characters (ANSWER ABOUT YOUR NOVEL) • Questions for studying characters • 1. Does a main character in your text undergo a change in attitudes or behaviour? How and why? • 2. How does the environment or circumstances (e.g. a war, moving to another place, the death of a parent) impact on a character? • 3. Reflectonthecharacter’svaluesandpointofview.Howdoestheauthorpresent a key theme through a character? • .

  3. WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW THEM? • Characters generate the action and make the story unfold. • Well-constructed characters make us care about their circumstances – our interest • is sustained because we want to find out what happens to them! • An understanding of the characters is crucial to an understanding of the themes • and values of the text overall. • What do you need to know about them? • Personal details – their full name (spelt correctly), their age and where they live. • Character and personality – their strengths and weaknesses. • Background – their families; their social and cultural context. • Motivations – why do they act in certain ways and make the choices they do? • Relationships – with other characters and with their surroundings. • Changes – in their character, relationships, circumstances or point of view.

  4. IMPORTaNT • Quote from the text to support what you say. • You can paraphrase • Summarise • Direct quotes

  5. WORD BANKS: Find other words

  6. CREAtE WORD BANKS

  7. WORD BANK FOR ACTIONS

  8. CONSIDER POINT OF VIEW • A narrative text is usually narrated (told) in either the first (‘I’) or the third (‘he/she’) person. A first-person narrator is a character in the text – usually the central character or protagonist. A third-person narrator is ‘outside’ the action, but they are also, in a sense, a ‘character’ created by the author for the purpose of telling the story. Don’t assume that the ideas and attitudes expressed by the narrator are identical to those of the author. • The narrator has a very strong impact on how the reader learns about, and responds to, events and characters. A first-person narrator gives us a particular view of the world of the text. Sometimes the narrator’s account of the action tells us as much about the narrator as about the other characters.

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