ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Characterization is the description of a character’s physical traits (how a character looks), point of view, personality, private thoughts, and actions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Speech: What a character says and how they say it; vernacular, accent, etc. Thoughts: What a character thinks and believes. Effects on Others: How a character interacts with and influences others. Actions: Everything a character does.

Detailed explanation-3: -Key points. Personality is easy to read-for example, whether someone is funny, extroverted, energetic, lazy, negative, or shy. Character traits, like honesty, virtue, and kindness, reveal themselves only in specific-and often uncommon-circumstances.

Detailed explanation-4: -Also known as “explicit characterization, ” direct characterization involves specific details about a character’s appearance, motivation, job, passions, and/or background, but inhibits the reader from drawing their own conclusions about the character.