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1. Characterization andRite of Passage

2. Characterization The process of conveying information about a characters in works of fiction. The display of character traits

3. Character traits the reader may find in a work

4. How Traits are presented

5. Types of Characterization

6. Examples of characterization Direct Characterization Taylor is a nice and caring person. Mrs. Millar is a very dramatic person. Indirect Characterization Taylor spent three hours last night after school working as a tutor for middle schoolers The students were amazed at the wild costumes Mrs. Millar would wear and the way she breaks out in song in the middle of the class. Telling Showing

7. Rite of Passage: In literature, a story in which a character goes from youth and immaturity to adulthood. This is usually accomplished through an intense physical or mental trial or through a symbolic ritual and may occur in a span of a moment or over months.