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Give a clear portrait of someone's appearance and personality
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Writer gives little or no description of character. Descriptions are not concrete, and tell rather than show.
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Writer provides brief details about character's physical appearance or personality traits, but not both. Some concrete details are present.
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Writer gives detailed description of character's physical appearance and personality traits. Most details are concrete examples which illustrate character's traits.
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Writer gives a highly detailed description of character's unique appearance and personality traits. Details are concrete and well considered, painting a picture of the character for the reader.
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Use anecdotes and dialogue to illustrate the person's character traits
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Writer uses no anecdotes or dialogue and merely states character traits.
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Writer states character traits and gives a brief example or provides context for at least one trait.
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Writer states character traits and develops each with an anecdote or an illustrative quote.
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Writer uses anecdotes and dialogue to develop character traits, allowing reader to formulate impressions and ideas from the text.
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Show why the person is important to the writer.
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Writer identifies person but not the nature of the relationship.
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Writer identifies person and impact person has made but does not connect it to the character traits in text.
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Writer clearly shows the importance of the person and how the person's character traits contribute to the relationship.
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Writer closely examines the person's character traits and the meaning those traits have regarding the relationship. Writer relates elements of own character to person's impact.
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Have a strong introduction and conclusion.
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Writer jumps right into character description without introduction. Writer ends with a description and no summarization.
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Writer introduces character briefly, stating merely "who" subject is. Writer concludes simply, for example, "And that is what so and so is like."
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Writer introduces character and nature of relationship (impact). Reader is interested. Writer furthermore concludes sketch by restating relationship and summarizing character's personality.
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Writer catches reader's interest with vivid description, anecdote, or dialogue. Conclusion sums up character's personality or achievements, and perhaps speculates further on relationship.
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