Characterisation and Narrative voice

• Characterisation is the process by which writers create and make characters believable in their texts.
• Characters are often depicted through actions, words, appearance, and ownership.
• The author uses language to convey themes or ideas, encouraging the reader to respond to a character in a certain way.
• Contradictions are essential in character creation, as no one is simply good or bad.
• Typical contrasts between characters include those who think and feel, those who talk and act, and those who are sociable or solitary.
• Within a character, contrasts can be found in their actions, sacrifices, and desires.
• Third person omniscient tells the story from a narrator who knows more than the characters.
• Narrative voice is the perspective a story is told from, and it significantly impacts the reader's response.
• Second person tells the story from someone not a character, using she, he, and they.
• First person tells the story from a character, using personal pronouns like I, my, me, and we.
• There are three types of narrative voices: first person, second person, third person, and omniscient.
• What is the name given to the process of creating a character in fiction?

  Characterisation
• What can an omniscient narrator witness?

  Everything
• What is dialogue?

  Dialogue is the things the characters say. 
• What is the effect of a first person narrator?

  The reader feels closer to the narrator.
• Which narrative style usually creates more distance between the reader and characters?

  Third person
• What is the term used to describe the way a character changes throughout a text?

  Character development
• What character types contrast with predators?

  Victims
• What aspects of voice might reveal something about a narrator or character?

  Dialect
• What should you always use when writing about characterisation?

  Use evidence from the text to support your points about characterisation.