How is the character's traits revealed? Which part of STEAL? Marcy sat in class, drumming her fingers on her desk. Thinking back to that morning, she felt bad about the way she had talked to her mom.

What is STEAL used for? Direct or indirect characterisation?

Is this direct or indirect characterization? "Larry looked tired"

What acronym did we learn to remember the indirect ways an author can tell us about a character?

Is this direct or indirect characterization? "When Gill passed gas in class, his face turned red".

Is this direct or indirect characterization? Iman sat down and brushed back her raven black hair.

Direct or indirect: "Don Ricardo was mean-tempered and rude"

The subway car fell immediately into silence. As he sat down you could tell that the people on either side of him were anxious to move, but they didn't want to be noticed. Name the element of Characterization

What would be appropriate text evidence to support this indirect trait? scared

Is this direct or indirect characterization? Mrs. Gwizdala forcefully pushed the laptop out of the way to snag the popcorn bag.

What would be appropriate text evidence to support this indirect trait? FRUSTRATED

Indirect or direct: "Alfie was a little weird - into sci-fi and comic books, but he was mature for his age and knowledgeable about many things."