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GCSE English Language · key term
The presentation and development of a character through details such as actions, thoughts and speech.
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Paper 1
The creation of a character through description, actions, speech, thoughts and relationships.
Revise: Narrative writing: the opening of a storyCharacterisation means creating a person through description, behaviour, speech and thought. Direct description can establish a useful fact quickly; actions can make that fact convincing.
Paper 2
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His dismissal of the old-timers as ‘womanish’ also contributes to characterisation. It presents his confidence as bound up with a narrow idea of masculinity: he assumes that being a capable man means needing nobody else. This is the character’s judgement, not a view the reader must accept.
The presentation of a character’s qualities through details such as actions, thoughts, appearance and speech.
Paper 2
The methods a writer uses to reveal a character’s personality, feelings and motivations, including actions, speech and thoughts.
Revise: Characters, dialogue and settingCharacterisation means revealing what a character is like. Appearance can contribute, but a list of physical features rarely explains a person’s motivations. What someone does when under pressure often tells us more.
Component 1
The development of a character through details such as actions, speech, thoughts and reactions.
Revise: Component 1 Section B: the creative writing taskThe overall control, characterisation and thoughtful connections fit Band 5. Its fairly straightforward progression and briefly developed rehearsal scene place it towards the lower end, at 21 marks, rather than near full marks.
The way a writer creates and develops a character through details such as behaviour, thoughts, appearance and speech.
