Before You Read……• Journal: Write about a time when you found

yourself in uncomfortable surroundings. This refers to mental/emotional discomfort. – Describe the situation– Describe your feelings– Describe your reactions, behaviors– Describe the reactions, behaviors of others

toward you– Describe the outcome

While You Read: An Important Warning

• Foreshadowing: An author’s use of clues to hint at future events in a narrative.– Reader sometimes does not know the meaning of a

clue until much later– Clue may be implied or directly stated– Example: “This would make a great question on a

Warm Up Quiz, guys!” exclaimed Miss Hanna.– Example: “And although I have kept the name, I am

not – for reasons you will soon discover – the same Charlotte Doyle.” True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle p. 1

After You Read: An Important Warning

• What is your first impression of Charlotte?– Is she likable?

• Why is she sharing her story?

• Can the reader trust her retelling? Why or why not?

Characterization: An Important Warning

Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

Example: “The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.”

Explanation - The author is directly telling the audience the personality of these two children. The boy is “patient” and the girl is “quiet.”

Characterization: An Important Warning

Indirect Characterization shows things that reveal the personality of a character.

There are five different methods of indirect characterization:Speech

What does the character say and how does he/she say it?

Thoughts What is revealed through the character's private thoughts/feelings?

Effect on others

What is the character's effect on the other characters? How do others respond to or feel or behave in response to him/her?

Actions

What does the character do? How does he/she behave? And, what do the gestures, expressions, and movement show about the character?

Looks What does the character look like? How does he/she dress?

Characterization: An Important WarningIndirect Characterization shows things that reveal the personality of a character.

Characterization: Chapter 2 - ZachariahIndirect Characterization shows things that reveal the personality of a character.

Direct CharacterizationHow does the author directly inform the reader about Charlotte?