WATCH: Characterization in Fever 1793

WATCH: Characterization in Fever 1793

Our novel, Fever 1793, is based on the lives of a few complex and very interesting characters. Watch the following presentation to see how characters are revealed in literature and how this shapes the plot.

As you watch this presentation, be ready to explain the following:

- What is characterization and how does it enhance a story or novel?

-What is indirect characterization? What is direct characterization? How are these two types of characterization different?

- How and why would an author use indirect characterization? What are the 5 different methods of indirect characterization? 

- How is indirect characterization used in the novel we are reading, Fever 1793?

- How and why would an author use direct characterization?

- Characterization can be used to do what for the plot? 

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