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Character Detail Practice: What are ways you can describe a character using details about him/her that demonstrate a trait?

Examples:
 * Emily was the sort of person who was practical in situations where most people were sentimental: When someone died, she arrived with toilet paper, paper cups, and a three-pound can of coffee. **


 * He was the sort of person who always had to be the better-looking one in a relationship. **


 * She is the type of person who talks during a movie. **


 * He’s the type of guy who buys new socks instead of doing laundry. **


 * She was the type of girl boys came to school for. **


 * He’s the type of person who would tell you he’s listening to Lil Wayne, when, in reality, his I-pod’s full of Taylor Swift. **


 * She’s the sort of person who never eats a meal sitting down. **


 * He’s the kind of guy who gets cast as a tree with two lines, and becomes the most interesting part of the play. **


 * They’re the type of couple who has dinner together but spend the whole time on texting other people. **


 * She’s the kind of person who leaves a 7% tip at a restaurant. **


 * They were the type of friends that could have a conversation without saying a word **


 * WU: Character Detail--he/she is the type of person who... **
 * Create 5 examples based on people you know or have experienced. Be creative! **


 * Read: "The Glass Castle" excerpts (ask me for a copy) **
 * Note: characterization/conflict types **

Think of an important person in your life (dead or alive). This should be someone who has influenced you, or taught you (positively or negatively). Write a description of them in at least a full page or two pages double-spaced in your journal
 * Write: Character Description **

Using all three kinds of detail—physical, material, and emotional—take the image you’ve drawn, and the memories of this person in your head, and create a written description of him or her. You can approach this two ways:

1) Start with a memory you have of or with this person, and as you tell the story of that memory, weave in character description and why he/she is so important to you.

2) Begin with a description of this person, and as you write, weave in a memory or memories of this person and why he/she is so important to you.

Either way, you need to include at least 2 examples of:
 * Physical detail
 * Material detail
 * Emotional detail
 * He/she is the type of person who…

I will grade this when I grade your journal, but it is homework if you didn't finish in class.

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