Composing - ATAR

• English
• Secondary Education

Characterisation

Characterisation Review

The way characters are understood by readers/viewers is shaped by elements of characterisation.

Characterisation includes

• speech/thoughts
• actions
• interactions with others
• descriptions of the character - direct characterisation

Let's practice - Analysis

'Biggie" from Big World

What does Biggie say/think? 

What does Biggie do (or not do)? 

What is the description of Biggie's appearance?

Which interactions with others tell us something about Biggie as a character? What do they tell us?

Biggie

Let's check

"a face only a mother could love"

"kind of pear-shaped"

tough

failed Yr 12

reckless

loyal

Harry Potter - Direct

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowling

“Perhaps it had something to do with living in a dark cupboard, but Harry had always been small and skinny for his age."

"Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair and bright-green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Sellotape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose. The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead which was shaped like a bolt of lightning.”  What does this tell us about Harry?

what does this quote tell us about Harry?

Harry Potter

Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling 

“It was as though something large and scaly erupted into life in Harry’s stomach, clawing at his insides: Hot blood seemed to flood his brain, so that all thought was extinguished, replaced by a savage urge to jinx Dean into a jelly."

What does this tell us about Harry?

What can we infer about Harry from this text?

Characters for "Composing"

try to use characteristics of people you know e.g. family

• mannerisms
• motivation
• how would they respond to particular events/situations
• appearance
• values
• traits

Using one of the studied texts from Sem 1, give examples of direct/indirect characterisation.