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1. Characterization is defined as “the method(s) through which an author shares information with the
reader about a fictional character.” Knowing that, please underline any instances of characterization in the
paragraph below.

“Harry had always been small and skinny for his age. He looked even smaller and skinnier than he really
was because all he had to wear were old clothes of Dudley’s and Dudley was about four times bigger than
he was. Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses
held together with a lot of Sellotape because of all of the times Dudley had punched him on the nose. The
only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead which was shaped
like a bolt of lightning. He had had it as long as he could remember and the first question he could ever
remember asking his Aunt Petunia was how he had got it.” - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

2. Please label the plot diagram with the appropriate terms.

3. Match the perspective with the example text:

First Person “Harry had never imagined such a strange
and splendid place. It was lit by thousands and
thousands of candles which were floating in
mid-air over four long tables, where the rest of
the students were sitting.” - Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Second Person “Hester Prynne set forth towards the

place appointed for her punishment. A crowd of
eager and curious schoolboys, understanding
little of the matter in hand, except that it gave
them a half-holiday, ran before her progress,
turning their heads continually to stare into her
face and at the winking baby in her arms, and at
the ignominious letter on her breast.” - Scarlet
Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Third Person (omniscient) “You are an expert at sorry, And keeping

the lines blurry” - “Dear John” by Taylor
Swift

Third Person (Limited) “It was times like these when I thought
my father, who hated guns and had never been
to any wars, was the bravest man who ever
lived.” - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee