How To Write Character Analysis Paragraphs

How to Write Character Analysis Paragraphs

Year 7 | Murder on the Orient Express

Poll

Vision is the strongest Avenger.

• This is a good text response prompt.

• This is NOT a good text response prompt.

Poll

DC is a terrible franchise.

• This is a good text response prompt.

• This is NOT a good text response prompt.

Poll

The use of stereotypes both complicates and resolves the crime in Murder on the Orient Express.

• This is a good text response prompt.

• This is NOT a good text response prompt.

Multiple Choice

The purpose of a text response is...

• ...to present an argument about a text.

• ...to demonstrate your knowledge of the text.

• ...to entertain you during lockdown.

• ...to torture you.

Fill in the Blanks

A text response paragraph is NOT a ... of the story.

Multiple Choice

The acronym that we use to organise a text response paragraph is...

• TEEQAL

• TEEL

• SEAL

• TQUILL

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the missing step:

Topic Sentence

Explanation

Evidence

Quotation

A

Link

Poll

Could you see any first person in the paragraph?

(I, me, my, etc.)

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Prompt: "She is surely grande dame." This is an appropriate assessment of Princess Dragomiroff. Do you agree?

Topic Sentence: The character of Princess Dragimiroff commands respect and admiration from the reader, and deserves the title of “grande dame”.

Which words from the topic sentence are key words from the prompt?

• character

• commands

• reader

• "grande dame"

Poll

This paragraph uses the quote the “strength is in [her] will – not in [her] arm” to prove that Princess Dragomiroff is a "grande dame."

Do you think this is a relevant quote to use?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

demonstrating that her power lays in her ability to command respect and admiration from those around her, even while being questioned in a murder investigation

Which of the words in the analysis above is the analytical verb?

• demonstrating

• power

• lays

• being

Multiple Select

Prompt: "She is surely grande dame." This is an appropriate assessment of Princess Dragomiroff. Do you agree?

Link: Considering Christie’s characterisation, and the perception others have, the accuracy of the description “grande dame” is absolutely appropriate.

Which words from the link are key words from the prompt?

• characterisation

• perception

• "grande dame"

• appropriate