Character Visualization Techniques in Literature
Rudyard Kipling, in "The Jungle Book," masterfully describes Bagheera, the Black Panther, using vivid imagery to help readers visualize him. The author paints Bagheera as inky black with panther markings that shimmer like watered silk in certain lights. Known for his cunning nature, Bagheera's soft voice and gentle demeanor are contrasted with his bold and reckless behavior. To write a character profile like this, focusing on details, embedded clauses, and descriptive sentence starters can bring a character to life on the page.
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Monday Read the description on the next slide. How does the author really help the reader visualise Bagheera?
Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Books A black shadow dropped down into the circle. A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was It was Bagheera Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk. Everybody knew watered silk. Everybody knew Bagheera nobody cared to cross his path, for he was as nobody cared to cross his path, for he was as cunning as cunning as Tabaqui Tabaqui, as bold as the wild , as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down. than down. Bagheera, and , and
To write a character profile of Little Bull Make them seem real, vivid, alive.
Embedded clauses Give more information about something or someone. They are not the main part of the sentence, but give the reader further detail (in red in the examples below). They have a comma before and after them. Little Bull, who had a quiver full of arrows on his back, turned away slowly. Boone, who wore a dirty chequered shirt, began crying. Omri, even though he was shorter, pushed Adiel to the floor. His mother, who had long brown hair, carefully took the key from him.
Sentence starters. What to include . Little Bull He His Although Sometimes/Often Honestly When While If During As Despite Once Since Riding Speaking Name Home/nationality Occupation Talents/skills What he looks like .eyes, hair, skin colour Clothing Speech Personality strengths, weaknesses Beliefs How he deals with anger? Conflict? Sadness? Don t forget to use some Embedded clauses
Some easier sentence starters to help you His name is He comes from In his home country he His skin is His hair is His eyes are like Usually he wears When he speaks Little Bull believes in Sometimes he can be Often he is
Tuesday Use today to edit and improve your writing, using a coloured pencil for corrections. Focus on correcting: Full stops Capital letters Spelling mistakes Have you included and answered all of the questions in the yellow box (slide 5)? Embedded clauses (see slide 4 for a recap) Alternate openers instead of pronouns e.g. he/Little Bull (The little Indian, the feisty man, the brave Indian..)
Wednesday Using your amendments and corrections, now write up your final piece of writing. There should hopefully be no errors on this piece of writing, as you have already corrected them! Draw a picture of Little Bull at the end.
Thursday Refer to the Colombus comprehension text on the web drive and answer the 8 questions.
Friday Log onto Bug Club. Read a book (or part of one if it is very long). If you have to type in answers to the comprehension questions, make sure you explain your answer fully. Read some more of the Indian in the Cupboard. There are audio and video clips of the whole book here: http://www.engayne.org.uk/HOMELEARNING/-%20Storytime%20- /Year%20Four%20Staff/The%20Indian%20in%20the%20Cupboard/ Here is a link to the Indian in the Cupboard online for you to read if you don t have a copy at home: https://charlton6.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/6/2/10621939/the_india n_in_the_cupboard.pdf
