Narrative

Definition: A spoken or written account of events.

Example: Once upon a time a girl lived in a shoe.

Types: AutobiographyBiographiesPoetryStories

Narrative Focus

CharacterizationDefinition: Analysis of a character

Example: Waverly is mean because of the way she speaks “freely” to her mother.

Characterization statement

Types: Indirect – Reader must make inferences about a

character based on the author’s description

Direct – Author tells reader directly about character

Methods for analysis:Appearance – How the character looksDialogue – What the character says to othersNarration – What the character/narrator says Actions – What the character does

You need a characteristic

trait

Direct Characterization“It’s not that, its just so obvious. It’s just so embarrassing.” (270)

This shows Waverly is embarrassed of her mother because she tells her mother how she feels about her showing her off.

Indirect Characterization

“When he smiled and asked what they served, I shouted, ‘Guts and duck’s feet and octopus Gizzards’.” (264)

This shows Waverly is mischievous because she joked with the tourists about what the Chinese restaurant sold.

Methods for Analysis

Methods for Analysis

Character InteractionsDefinition: Analysis of a character based on a characters interactions with self and others

Types: Internal conflict – Struggle character has with self

External conflict – Struggle character has with others

External & Internal Conflict “I jerked my hand out of my

mother’s tight grasp and spun around.” (271) Indirect

This shows Waverly’s external conflict is a struggle with her mother over the embarrassment she feels when her mother “shows her off”.

“I closed my eyes and pondered my next move.” (272) Indirect

This shows Waverly’s internal conflict is her struggle with how to resolve her embarrassment with her mother “showing her off”.

Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

Figurative Analysis: Type, Comparison, Connotation

Application

TRP Example

(Topic sentence) Michener is stubborn because his dialogue indirectly characterizes him as such. (Example sentence) For example, “I protested: No, No, No rugs!” (317) (Explanation sentence) This exemplifies Michener’s stubbornness because he refused to take the rugs.

Analysis in story

Tone

Definition: Author’s attitude in the story

Example: Plath’s tone in “Tulips” is very negative towards her stay in the hospital.

Mood

Definition: Feeling created in the story

Example: The mood the figurative language Plath uses on “Tulips” is depressing and sad.

Exam

Key Te

rms

Narrative Characterization

Indirect Characterization

Direct Characterization

Methods for Analysis

Appearance

Dialogue

Narration

Actions

Character Interactions

Internal Characterization

External Characterization

Figurative Language

MetaphorSimileIdiomPersonificationSymbolHyperboleAlliterationAllegory

Tone

Mood

Characterization chart

TRP

Figurative Analysis

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Application:1.Short story – “New Directions” p1912. Mini characterization chart3. TRP based on chart4. Figurative analysis based on the storyBasic:M.C/True or False based in this story

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