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| | CHARACTERIZATION |
 | | The boundary between sympathetic and unsympathetic characterization is necessarily ill-defined. | | | Before you turn the page to the next chapter, one last tip on characterization: Remember that when you make a new world, the people in it must necessarily be the crown of your creation. | | | Rather it is to warn that "Show, don't tell" ought not be carved on the foundation stone of your house of fiction. |
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http://www.sfwa.org/writing/character.htm
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| | Characterization in Literature |
| | In the best of stories, it is actually characterization that moves the story along, because a compelling character in a difficult situation creates his or her own plot. | | | For example, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, begun in 1387, has considerably more individualized and realistic characterization than does the anonymously-written Everyman, composed only a few years later; Shakespeare's works, written between the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth, have superb characterization, while Pilgrim's Progress, written in 1678, has virtually none. | | | Unfortunately, characterization is one of the most difficult aspects of creative writing to master, because authors tend to naturally fall into the fatal trap of creating two-dimensional, cardboard characters. |
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http://www.storybites.com/characterization.htm
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| | ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Using Picture Books to Teach Characterization in Writing Workshop |
| | Booklist of model picture books that illustrate well-developed characters | | | Using Picture Books to Teach Characterization in Writing Workshop | | | It is important to note that a lesson on characterization should occur when the teacher observes students who are interested in revising their writing but they do not know what to do. |
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=101
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| | NPC Characterization |
| | Inescapably, he is the mute eavesdropper on some scrap of conversation; or like the Jimmy Stewart character in "Rear Window," he observes something that he can't affect. | | | For a good overview of this topic, at least in inform, see Roger Firth's tutorial InfAct. | | | In order for evidence to be useful from a characterization perspective rather than merely as a bit of plot exposition, however, there needs to be a strong sense of the self of the writer lurking in the writing (or whatever it is.) |
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http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/NPC3.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Polymer Characterization: Physical Techniques, 2nd Edition: Books: Dan Campbell |
| | We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title. | | | Amazon.com: Polymer Characterization: Physical Techniques, 2nd Edition: Books: Dan Campbell | | | The authors explain physical principles without heavy theory and give special emphasis to the application of the techniques to polymers, with plenty of illustrations. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0748740058?v=glance
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| | characterization - definition of characterization by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | characterization - a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" | | | But this encompassment of her own characterization, based on shreds of convention, peopled by phantoms and voices antipathetic to her, was a sorry and mistaken creation of Tess's fancy--a cloud of moral hobgoblins by which she was terrified without reason. | | | characterization - acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/characterization
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| | Archetypes |
| | You can show character through the words and action of other characters. | | | This method of conveying characterization, along with physical description, is the most commonly employed by writers. | | | Add those cues to your writing, and you’ll be showing, not telling. |
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http://www.tamicowden.com/Characterization.htm
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| | Glossary of Literary Terms |
| | Scholars of the mystery story found it convenient to use the term for work that shared the same attitude
Typical themes in noir work include obsessive love (or hate, or both), amnesia, illness, betrayal, and man-as-the-plaything of fate" (Source : DeAndrea, 403). | | | In addition to the gloomy, isolated castle, other common gothic trappings include insanity (often in the form of a mad relative kept locked in a room in the castle), ghosts and spirits, and dramatic thunder-and-lightning storms. | | | A type of fiction that arose in the 18th century. |
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http://www.notesinthemargin.org/glossary.html
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| | Characterization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Thorough characterization makes characters well-rounded and complex even though the writer may not be like the character or share his or her attitudes and beliefs. | | | Often these can be shown through the actions and language of the character, rather than by telling the reader directly. | | | Characterization is the process of creating characters in fiction, often those who are different from and have different beliefs than the author. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characterization
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| | Parts characterization - OpenWetWare |
| | This is an attempt to organize some of the available characterization methodologies as well as the type of information that they generate. | | | Characterization of standard biological parts is an essential step in enabling construction of more complicated devices and systems based on these parts. | | | It might help us formulate the beginnings of a characterization standard(s). |
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http://openwetware.org/wiki/Parts_characterization
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| | W3C Web Characterization Activity |
| | This will also be made available this spring. | | | This is a place where you yourself can ask your questions regarding the Web. | | | This can lead to a great deal of confusion when attempting to develop, interpret, and compare Web metrics. |
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http://www.w3.org/WCA/Activity
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| | Writing Fiction - Character Development |
| | Fiction writers generally come in two kinds: those who are strong on plot, and those who are strong on characterization. | | | Thus, even if you excel at great story premises, foreshadowing, plot twists, and careful pacing, you may still receive rejections with critiques pointing to ‘two dimensional’ or stereotyped characters; or perhaps it is your main characters’ motivations that are unclear or illogical, which ultimately sabotages the story. |
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http://www.webcom.com/wordings/artofwrite/feature.html
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| | Elias Repin -- Master Painter From Ukraine |
| | Other works on Ukrainian themes are Hetman, Vechomytsi, Ukrainmian Cottage and Procession in the Government of Kiev, which, according to Encyclopedia Britannica is one of "his chief pictures." The same source says Repin's paintings are powerfully drawn with not a little imagination and with strong dramatic force and characterization. | | | He sought to achieve historical accuracy through meticulous research with historian Dmytro Yavornytsky. | | | Encyclopedia Americana says "He also won fame as a portrait painter, sculptor and etcher," |
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http://www.infoukes.com/culture/paintings/repin
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| | RadWaste.org - Waste characterization |
| | For example, if you are a medical researcher who only uses a few particular radionuclides under controlled experimental conditions, or a manufacturer who uses a particular chemical, then you can determine from your "knowledge of the process" which radionuclide(s) and/or chemicals are present in your waste. | | | Physical characterization involves inspection of the waste to determine its physical form, strength, etc. | | | Radiological and chemical waste characterization can also be inferred from process knowledge. |
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http://www.radwaste.org/char.htm
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| | Materials Characterization |
| | Materials Characterization represents many different disciplines depending upon the background of the user. | | | An important component of the materials engineering methodology involves knowledge of the structure of materials. | | | Taken from Metals Handbook Ninth Edition, Volume 10: Materials Characterization, ASM Handbook Committee, ASM-International, Metals Park, Ohio. |
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http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/WofMatE/Mat'sChar.htm
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| | XML Binary Characterization Working Group Public Page |
| | The public mailing list for technical discussion with the Working Group is public-xml-binary@w3.org ( | | | Publication of 3 updated documents and a new one, all as Working Group Notes: | | | The XML Binary Characterization Working Group is the public web page for the XML Binary Characterization Working Group (there is also a |
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http://www.w3.org/XML/Binary
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| | DIXtrac: Automated Disk Drive Characterization |
| | Using the extracted characteristics to parameterize the DiskSim simulator, we observe very close matches between simulated and measured disk performance. | | | Unfortunately, accurate characterizations have traditionally been difficult to acquire, relying on a collection of ad hoc techniques. | | | The characterization process generally requires less than 3 minutes to complete (5 minutes in one case). |
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http://www.pdl.cmu.edu/Dixtrac
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| | Thermo Electron Corporation - - Material Characterization |
| | The HAAKE Viscotester 550 offers quick and simple viscosity and flow behavior measurements of liquid and semi-solid test materials with out sacrificing precision. | | | Please use our Product Selection Guide to help you choose the right instrument for your application. | | | From simple viscometers to complex extruder systems we offer an extensive range of products for all your material characterization needs. |
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| | Characterization |
| | A concern with laboratory methods for characterizing hydraulic properties of porous media is whether the laboratory-determined properties are representative of field conditions. | | | In situations where chemical reactions occur that significantly affect the movement of water (such as the AFBC by-products), the hydraulic diffusivity curve should not be calculated by conventional theories based on capillarity. | | | TVA has conducted field and laboratory studies to check the representativeness of the laboratory measured parameters. |
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http://www.mcrcc.osmre.gov/ccb/Characterization.htm
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| | Knowledge Integrity: Characterization Taxonomies |
| | A classic example related to the media industry is characterizing radio or television ratings by sex and age groups, such as "most popular with males aged 18 to 35." Here, there is a multidimensional classification scheme - first the population is divided by gender, then each gender group is broken into age ranges. | | | A natural application of a business intelligence (BI) application is to attempt to understand individual behavior based on an enveloping classification scheme. | | | In turn, performance is assessed based on the ratings for specific "products" within what is considered to be a simple taxonomy. |
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http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1035500
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| | Web Characterization [OCLC - Archived projects] |
| | This archived project page has not been updated since April 2003. | | | Analysis based on the sample is publicly available. | | | The Web Characterization Project conducts an annual Web sample to analyze trends in the size and content of the Web. |
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http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/archive/wcp
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