Questions about the Characterisation poster

What’s on the Characterisation poster?

DIRECT against INDIRECT, side by side. DIRECT: The narrator states it outright; DIRECT: "She was generous."; DIRECT: Fast and unambiguous; DIRECT: Nothing for the reader to work out; DIRECT: Can feel flat if overused; INDIRECT: Shown through action and speech; INDIRECT: She emptied her purse into the tin; INDIRECT: Slower but far more convincing; INDIRECT: The reader draws the conclusion; INDIRECT: Speech, Thoughts, Effect, Actions, Looks; "Show, don't tell" is really an instruction to prefer indirect characterisation. The…. An unreliable narrator uses direct characterisation that the indirect evidence contradicts. That gap is the point.

Who is the Characterisation poster for?

Characterisation is filed under 9th Grade (ages 14–15), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Characterisation poster?

Note what a character does before what the narrator says about them. The two can disagree. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Characterisation belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Characterisation?

Close Reading, Symbol, Motif and Theme and Analysing Sentence Structure sit alongside Characterisation in the 9th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Close ReadingSymbol, Motif and ThemeAnalysing Sentence Structure

Is the Characterisation poster free to download and print?

Yes. Characterisation downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 9th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Characterisation poster print at?

Characterisation is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Characterisation loses nothing.Printing guide