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Zorluk: KolayCharacter Types and Techniques of Characterization

Read the short prose extract below:

"Bisi was an extraordinarily stingy landlord who measured every drop of water used by his tenants and openly boasted about his refusal to spend a single kobo on house maintenance."

Which technique of characterization is used by the narrator in the extract above?

  1. Direct characterizationCevap
  2. B
    Indirect characterization
  3. C
    First-person narrative reflection
  4. D
    Internal monologue

Cevap

Direct characterization is used in the extract because the narrator explicitly informs the reader of Bisi's character trait by describing him directly as an extraordinarily stingy landlord.
The correct answer highlights direct characterization because the narrator straightforwardly describes Bisi's personality trait as stingy in explicit narrative commentary.

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1
Analyze the narrative approach in the excerpt
The narrator makes explicit statement about the character: 'Bisi was an extraordinarily stingy landlord...'
Identifying whether the author tells the reader character traits directly or shows them through implicit clues distinguishes direct from indirect characterization.
2
Match the observed technique to literary definitions
Explicitly telling the reader a character's trait is direct characterization (expository characterization).
Direct characterization occurs when an author explicitly describes a character's traits.

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Direct vs. Indirect Characterization
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Character Types and Techniques of Characterization

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