Tuesday, October 5, 2010.

1) "Everyday Use" p. 48. Discuss direct and indirect characterization.

Direct characterization: the author directly states a character's traits.
Ex. Wilber is a mean, heartless man.

Indirect characterization: The author shows a character's personality through his/her actions, thoughts, feelings, words, appearance, or through another character's observations and reactions. [what the character says, does, thinks, and/or what others say to/about the character.] Ex. Wilber poked the poor little kitty's eyes out and smashed its tail.

Quickwrite warm-up: If you could save only one precious possession of yours from being destroyed or left behind, what would you save? Write a composition (one page).

a) Write your topic sentence. Underline it.
b) Describe the precious possession. Use rich adjectives and similes.
c) Elaborate why this possession means so much to you.