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Title: How to write a character sketch


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How to write a character sketch
  • It is super easy if you follow these directions.

2
General Information
  • You will be using an 11-point paragraph to write
    your character sketch.
  • In addition, you must incorporate a quote which
    will be properly referenced.
  • HERE WE GO!!!

3
Point 1
  • Topic Sentence
  • Every paragraph starts off with a topic sentence
    which tells your reader what you are going to
    talk about.
  • For this task, you will outline the title and
    author of the short story, the character you are
    investigating and the traits you will be
    discussing.

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Topic Sentence
  • Lauries mother from the short story Charles by
    Shirley Jackson is an oblivious, obsessive, and
    inadequate character.

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Point 2,3,4
  • This is where you write about your first
    character trait.
  • You are going to P-E-E on your page!
  • P oint
  • E xample
  • E xplain

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P-E-E
  • To begin, Lauries mother is oblivious. She is
    completely unaware of reality when it comes to
    her son. For example, Laurie comes home from
    school telling his mother about how the naughty
    boy, Charles, got in trouble for being rude to
    the teacher. However, while Laurie is retelling
    this story, he himself is being rude to his
    parents, a sure sign that there is no Charles and
    that Laurie, in fact, is Charles.

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Point 5,6,7
  • This is where you write about your second
    character trait.
  • You are going to P-E-E again!
  • P oint
  • E xample
  • E xplain

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P-E-E
  • Additionally, Lauries mother is obsessed when it
    comes to stories regarding the fictional Charles.
    She even goes so far as to comment that with
    the third week of kindergarten Charles was an
    institution in her family (Jackson). This
    further demonstrates her obsession with Charles
    as telling his tales becomes a daily routine.

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Quotation Incorporation
  • Before we move on, lets talk about how to
    incorporate a quotation.
  • Your quotation should flow between your own
    words.
  • Any changes you must make to the quote so it is
    grammatically correct goes into square brackets.
  • You must reference the author in round brackets
    at the end of the sentence.
  • She even goes so far as to comment that with
    the third week of kindergarten Charles was an
    institution in her family (Jackson).

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Point 8, 9, 10
  • This is where you write about your third
    character trait.
  • You are going to P-E-E for a third time!
  • P oint
  • E xample
  • E xplain

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P-E-E
  • Lastly, Lauries mother is inadequate when it
    comes to parenting. She is always curious about
    Charles and encourages Laurie to share stories
    about him. What she should be doing instead is
    parenting Laurie on how Charless behaviour and
    actions are inappropriate and let him know that
    if he behaves similarly, he will be punished.

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Point 11
  • Every paragraph ends off with a concluding
    sentence.
  • Here you will restate your main points.
  • Try to make it sound different from your topic
    sentence.

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Concluding Sentence
  • All in all, Lauries mother is oblivious
    regarding her son, obsessed with the fictional
    Charles, and inadequate when it comes to
    parenting.

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Your task
  • You are to write a character sketch for Mary
    Maloney from Lamb to the Slaughter.
  • See the evaluation rubric for how you will be
    marked.
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