Sample Characterisation Table from \' Tgwtdt\' PDF

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this is a table from the book "the girl with the dragon tattoo" that explains characterization...

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Aspects of characterization:

Quotes from extract:

What exactly have you learnt about the characters from your selected quotes? And which language techniques enabled this knowledge?

Tell the reader directly what a character's personality is like Describe a character's appearance and manner

“For a moment her expression was so surprisingly hostile…”

We learn that the character has strong control of her emotions.

“Salander was dressed for the day in a Black T-shirt with a picture on it of E.T.”

Portray a character's thoughts and motivations

“Allow me to first say that this was not a very complicated assignment…” “Allow me to first say that this was not a very complicated assignment…”

Descriptive language used to describe the appearance of the character. The quote reveals that Salander is not afraid of standing out and the shirt along with the rest of the passage shows that she chooses to be an outcast. Shows that Salander is a knowledgeable and logical?

Use dialogue to allow a character's words to reveal something important about his or her nature Use a character's actions to reveal his or her personality Show others' reactions to the character or person you're portraying Give fictional characters meaningful names or use real people's nicknames that relate to their personalities

“Salander blew a big bubble…”

“Don’t be fooled by her youth. She is out absolute best researcher.”

Reveals that she is intelligent and is not afraid to show/hold back.

Reveals to the reader that she does not acknowledge or care about Mr Armansky and is disrespecting him.

Characterization Task -

Aspects of characterization:

Quotes from extract:

What exactly have you learnt about the characters from your selected quotes? And which language techniques enabled this knowledge?

Tell the reader directly what a character's personality is like Describe a character's appearance and manner

“For a moment her expression was so surprisingly hostile…”

We learn that Richard is arrogant which leads to losing their temper quickly.

“Salander was dressed for the day in a Black T-shirt with a picture on it of E.T.”

Portray a character's thoughts and motivations

“Allow me to first say that this was not a very complicated assignment…”

Use dialogue to allow a character's words to reveal something important about his or her nature Use a character's actions to reveal his or her personality Show others' reactions to the character or person you're portraying Give fictional characters meaningful names or use real people's nicknames that relate to their personalities

“Allow me to first say that this was not a very complicated assignment…”

Descriptive language shows that Richard dresses like any other person, but his actions show otherwise. His actions and way of thinking sometimes contradict each other. Richard always believes that he is right even though he doesn’t have anything to back it up with. Richard is intelligent but he takes things to literally which modifies the original intention.

“Salander blew a big bubble…”

“Don’t be fooled by her youth. She is out absolute best researcher.”...