What is a characterization essay?

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What is a characterization essay?

Answer 1

An essay discussing how the writers developed the characters.

Answer 2

I'm not entirely sure that this is what you want.

Character Sketches



Before one can even begin to write a character sketch for any character, one has to know what exactly a character sketch is. So what is a character sketch? A character sketch can be said to be a written description of a character in a story.

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Here is a template you can use when doing your character sketches.

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Answer 3

It is an essay where you explain your proof about what you say about a character's heart.  

For example, if you have read Frederick Douglass, you could have a paragraph for each character trait of his that you see in the reading.

If you say that at the beginning of the selection he is humble, then you prove that with quotes and your commentary on the quotes.  

If you say that he becomes very determined, then you support that by explaining how hard it must have been to walk so many miles after being bloodied-- and to walk through briers and brambles which cut him.  

If you want to prove how  intelligent he is, then you look at his actions and words.

If you want to prove that he is assertive, you show it from his actions, words, and thoughts.  

The way that we know what a character is like is the same way we get to know real people-- we look at how they move, what they wear, how they talk, what they say (and don't say), what they do (and don't do), and what they think (if you can know that somehow).  

I hope this helps you.   Pick maybe three personality traits that you can support  (excluding general ones like "nice" or too casual ones like "cool") and organize your paragraphs -- one descriptive adjective per paragraph.