Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 11 AIL 1001 short lesson, about 20 seconds
How Prose Reveals a Character
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The idea
A passage rarely says what a person is like. It shows what they say, what they do, what they own, and what the narrator chooses to mention. Characterisation on this exam is therefore read off the selection of detail, which makes it a question about style.
In practice
Read the selection of detail.
Where people slip
The passage rarely states it outright.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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