Which of the following is an example of direct characterization?(1 point)
Responses
the description of a character’s actions
statements about a character in a narrator’s words
a description of a character’s clothing
a reaction to a character by another character
statements about a character in a narrator's words
What is one way that characters relate to plot?(1 point)
Responses
Characters help drive plot through their words and actions.
Characters move a plot forward through the way they are characterized.
Characters help draw the reader’s attention away from the plot.
Characters explain the plot to readers.
Characters help drive plot through their words and actions.
A Cup of Tea
by Katherine Mansfield
Rosemary Fell was not exactly beautiful. No, you couldn’t have called her beautiful. Pretty? Well, if you took her to pieces. . . . But why be so cruel as to take anyone to pieces? She was young, brilliant, extremely modern, exquisitely well dressed, amazingly well read in the newest of the new books, and her parties were the most delicious mixture of the really important people and . . . artists—quaint creatures, discoveries of hers, some of them too terrifying for words, but others quite presentable and amusing.
Rosemary had been married two years. She had a duck of a boy. No, not Peter—Michael. And her husband absolutely adored her. They were rich, really rich, not just comfortably well off, which is odious and stuffy and sounds like one’s grandparents. But if Rosemary wanted to shop she would go to Paris as you and I would go to Bond Street. If she wanted to buy flowers, the car pulled up at that perfect shop in Regent Street, and Rosemary inside the shop just gazed in her dazzled, rather exotic way, and said: “I want those and those and those. Give me four bunches of those. And that jar of roses. Yes, I’ll have all the roses in the jar. No, no lilac. I hate lilac. It’s got no shape.” The attendant bowed and put the lilac out of sight, as though this was only too true; lilac was dreadfully shapeless. “Give me those stumpy little tulips. Those red and white ones.” And she was followed to the car by a thin shop girl staggering under an immense white paper armful that looked like a baby in long clothes. . . .
One winter afternoon she had been buying something in a little antique shop in Curzon Street. It was a shop she liked. For one thing, one usually had it to oneself. And then the man who kept it was ridiculously fond of serving her. He beamed whenever she came in. He clasped his hands; he was so gratified he could scarcely speak. Flattery, of course. All the same, there was something. . . .
“You see, madam,” he would explain in his low respectful tones, “I love my things. I would rather not part with them than sell them to someone who does not appreciate them, who has not that fine feeling which is so rare. . . .” And, breathing deeply he unrolled a tiny square of blue velvet and pressed it on the glass counter with his pale finger-tips.
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Question
Use the excerpt from the beginning of “A Cup of Tea” by Katherine Mansfield to answer the question.
Why would Rosemary be considered a complex character?
(1 point)
Responses
The story has two main characters but is mainly about Rosemary, who is present throughout the story..
The story is told from Rosemary’s point of view to allow her thoughts and feelings to be the main perspective.
Rosemary has complicated thoughts and motivations about the choices she makes.
Rosemary observes her surroundings in a way that makes the cultural and historical context clear.
Rosemary has complicated thoughts and motivations about the choices she makes.
How does a complex character drive a story’s plot?(1 point)
Responses
They bring another character’s qualities into sharp focus.
Their personalities are interesting and intriguing for the reader.
Their motivations can create conflicts that relate to a story’s themes
They usually cause conflict and give the story depth.
Their motivations can create conflicts that relate to a story’s themes.
The Open Window
by H. H. Munro (Saki)
“You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon,” said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn.
“It is quite warm for the time of the year,” said Framton; “but has that window got anything to do with the tragedy?”
“Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day’s shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it.” Here the child’s voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. “Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back some day, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went out, her husband with his white waterproof coat over his arm, and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing ‘Bertie, why do you bound?’ as he always did to tease her, because she said it got on her nerves. Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window—”
"The Open Window" by H.H. Munro ("Saki")
Question
Use the excerpt below from H.H. Munro’s “The Open Window” to answer the question.
Which of the following is a character trait of the niece, as she appears in this excerpt?
(1 point)
Responses
bored
disrespectful
mysterious
imaginative
imaginative
To determine which of the responses is an example of direct characterization, we need to understand what direct characterization means. Direct characterization is when an author directly describes or reveals information about a character's personality, traits, or appearance.
Now let's analyze each response to see which one fits the definition:
1. The description of a character's actions: While character actions can give us insights into their personality, it is not a direct description of their traits or appearance. Therefore, this is not an example of direct characterization.
2. Statements about a character in a narrator's words: This response refers to when the author explicitly states information about a character using the narrator's voice. This matches our definition of direct characterization since it directly describes or reveals information about the character. Therefore, this is an example of direct characterization.
3. A description of a character's clothing: This response describes the character's clothing, which can provide some clues about their personality or social status. However, it does not explicitly state the character's traits or appearance, so it is not an example of direct characterization.
4. A reaction to a character by another character: This response refers to how one character reacts to another character. While it may indirectly reveal something about the character being reacted to, it is not a direct description or revelation of their traits or appearance. Therefore, this is not an example of direct characterization.
In conclusion, the correct answer is: "Statements about a character in a narrator's words" is an example of direct characterization because it directly describes or reveals information about the character.