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- noun Plural form of
Mannerism .
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Examples
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Mannerisms are not just what our characters do with their hands or their feet, but also their facial expressions and the use of the voice.
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Mannerisms are the icing on the cake, when a writer has worked to create a character with emotional depth, core truths, values and motivations rather than just a great hair do and a fantastic ward robe.
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Mannerisms can be endearing or they can be downright annoying, both of which adds depth and dimension to a character in addition to creating the potential for interesting interactions or conflicts with other characters.
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Mannerisms are like wonderful short cuts to the nerve centre of your character.
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Mannerisms are also particularly useful in illustrating a character in a state of internal conflict – words can say one thing but their body language expresses another.
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Mannerisms are those unique little gestures and movements we make that set us apart from those around us.
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Mannerisms you have taken on entirely because of fictional characters
Archive 2009-03-01 Ange 2009
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Mann gets a quietly eccentric performance from his lead, backed with an excellent but mis-cast: Marion Cotillard as his gun moll Billie Frechette; enamored with his central villain, Mann leaves Christian Bale to a series of mannerisms as underdeveloped G-Man Melvin Purvis, too large of a role to be the cipher it is.
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Mannerisms you have taken on entirely because of f...
Archive 2009-03-01 Ange 2009
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I was particularly taken with Moderately Irritating Recurring Idioms and Mannerisms, by Miriam Hurley "ATA-accredited, Italian-to-English Translator", with its long lists of possible ways to render Italian terms into English:
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