Which of the following shows strong characterization? A. Alex was still unconscious. He still had no idea that in the night someone broke into his home. Then they went on to drug him, toss him into the back of a truck. He was unaware that the truck sped down the highway all the way to Washington, DC and to the White House. And he certainly did not know that when they wake him up, that he will be their only hope.

B. Ben was always fearless. He had been skydiving many times and was never scared. He bravely fought for his country without a moment’s hesitation. When his plane lost an engine he never lost his cool, and brought it down safely. However when he heard that his wife might be sick, he was scared.

C. Kyle walked around the empty apartment. It was once full of so much life, but now it was just an empty shell waiting for someone else to move in. He took one last look around at the bare white walls, the ugly tan carpets, and the broken outlet that never got fixed, before walking out the door, never to see the place again.

D. Parker had a lot of pets. He had a cat, a dog, a snake, a horse and three birds. These pets did not always get along. There were many times where someone would call and complain about the sounds from Parker’s home. The hardest part was figuring out if they should send the police or animal control.

Choice B is an example of strong characterization, also called direct characterization.

Explanation:   Ben was always fearless. No guessing

He had been skydiving many times and was never scared. He bravely fought for his country without a moment’s hesitation. When his plane lost an engine he never lost his cool, and brought it down safely. These descriptions of his experiences present a clear picture of the kind of person Ben is.

However when he heard that his wife might be sick, he was scared. New situation, clearly described, and a change in his emotion directly stated.

In the other examples, there are descriptions of circumstances and conditions. The reader can infer some things about the characters who are in those situations and their emotional states.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer: the three main types of third-person point of view are: white employ the third-person-omniscient point of view. third-person limited: a narrator reports the facts and interprets events from the perspective of a single character.

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