Creating convincing characters using ‘The Canterbury Tales’ as stimulus
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I can write a description of a character who is convincing and intriguing, inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's character descriptions in 'The Canterbury Tales'.
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Chaucer creates 30 convincing characters in the opening section of his poem, 'The Canterbury Tales'.
To create each character, Chaucer describes how they look, how they speak, how they act and how others respond to them.
Chaucer also includes intriguing details so that we are curious to know more about each character.
These methods of characterisation are employed by many writers and can be used in your own writing.
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