Characterization Indirect vs Direct Indirect or Direct Smiling

Characterization Indirect vs Direct

Indirect or Direct? Smiling, the magician pulled a rabbit out of the hat and wowed the crowd.

Answer: INDIRECT �We learn that the magician is good at what he does by how the crowd responds, so we are SHOWN that he is good.

Indirect or Direct? �The Evil Shadow King said, “I am a genius. I will conquer the world. ”

ANSWER: Indirect �We learn about the Shadow King’s character by what he says, so we are SHOWN.

Indirect or Direct? � The Shadow King was an evil king capable of doing anything because he enjoyed cruelty.

ANSWER: DIRECT �The sentence simply TELLS you what he is. We don’t even have to figure it out.

Indirect or Direct? � The ninja reached the end of the alley where the other fighter should have been standing, but the other fight was gone. She stood there scratching her head.

ANSWER: Indirect �We are SHOWN that the ninja is confused because she is scratching her head, and the other ninja is not where he is supposed to be.

Indirect or Direct? �Mrs. T entered ninja school to become a ninja, but she was clumsy and loud. She was quite possibly the worst ninja ever.

ANSWER: DIRECT �The information is told to us. We do not see that Mrs. T is a bad ninja. We are just told that she is not good at it because she is clumsy and loud.

Indirect or Direct? � Ninja Nelson finally told Mrs. Todoric very gently, “Mrs. T, I understand you want to be a ninja, but you do not have what it takes. ” � Mrs. T threw a fit and tried to a throw a ninja star at Ninja Nelson’s head, but she caught it in her teeth.

1. ANSWER: INDIRECT 2. ANSWER: INDIRECT In the first one, we are SHOWN that Mrs. Nelson is gentle and kind because of how nice she is to Mrs. T. In the second one, we are SHOWN that Mrs. T is very immature and not a very good ninja because she throws a fit and tries to hurt Ninja Nelson.