Characterisation and Motivation
This topic focuses on how authors construct characters through direct and indirect characterisation. Students will analyse character motivations and how characters develop over the course of a text.
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This topic focuses on how authors construct characters through direct and indirect characterisation. Students will analyse character motivations and how characters develop over the course of a text.
Key Questions
- How do writers reveal a character's personality?
- What motivates characters to make certain choices?
- How do characters change throughout a story?
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