Plot Development

Character Development

explicit and implicit comprehension is a foundational skill that helps with literary analysis

• In order to analyze a character, we must look at their characters’ explicit actions, dialogue, and thoughts/emotions

• What is development?

Multiple Select

What does the word "development" mean? Check all that apply.

• how an author builds a text with characters, setting, and plot

• how a text expands on a topic with details

• the process of maintaining a storyline in which nothing ever changes

• the way a story grows and changes based on the ideas and actions of characters

Read the excerpt on your slide about Maria and Karen.

Then, answer the next question.

Multiple Choice

How does the author use Maria's thoughts, actions, and dialogue to advance the plot?

• Maria's characterization indicates that her feelings are more complex and therefore there will be additional conflict with Karen.

• Maria is a shallow character who should respond kindly to Karen, as Karen was traumatized by hitting Maria's mother.

• Maria is not characterized well enough in order to develop the plot any further; this is the end of the story.

Multiple Choice

How does the author’s characterization of Emily advance the plot?

• She is so different from average people that no one wants to interact with her for long, leaving her to do as she pleases.

• She is an angry, bitter lady who creates conflict with everyone she meets.

• She has a vast collection of roses that others covet, and this causes friction between the townspeople.

• Emily’s father will not allow her to marry, and so she has become a strange and pitied woman in her town.

Read the excerpts from "A Rose for Emily" about Emily Grierson.

Then answer the next question.

Poll

Do you think Buck will be a good doggo or a bad doggo at the end of the book?

• Good doggo

• Bad doggo

Buck's Character Development

Let's make inferences about Buck's character based on  his interactions with humans.

Open Ended

Exit Slip: You're going to meet Charles, Mercedes, and Hal in Chapter 5. Use the character traits list you have to find a word that describes each one of them and explain why you think that.