RL.9-10.3 / RI.9-10.3

Analyze how COMPLEX CHARACTERS develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the PLOT or develop the THEME.

RL.9-10.3 (Literature)

Complex Characters

• change & develop over the course of a story

• have several MOTIVATIONS, or reasons, for what they do

• motivations can cause INTERNAL CONFLICT as characters struggle with their feelings or try to determine an action to take

• conflicting motivations can advance the PLOT, the series of events that occur in a story

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Character + Plot = Theme

(1) Notice how a COMPLEX CHARACTER changes.

(2) Think about how those changes affect the PLOT & what the character learns.

(3) This will help you analyze how the author explores and develops the story's THEME.

Multiple Choice

"a character struggling with his/her feelings or trying to determine what action to take" is ...

• complex character

• internal conflict

• motivation

• plot

• theme

Multiple Choice

"the series of story events that establish and resolve the character's conflicts" is ...

• complex character

• internal conflict

• motivation

• plot

• theme

Multiple Choice

"a character with multiple or conflicting motivations" is ...

• complex character

• internal conflict

• motivation

• plot

• theme

Multiple Choice

"a story's central idea or message about life" is ...

• complex character

• internal conflict

• motivation

• plot

• theme

Multiple Choice

"a character's reason for doing things" is ...

• complex character

• internal conflict

• motivation

• plot

• theme

Apply this standard while you read.

I can analyze a COMPLEX CHARACTER's development over the course of a text.

Analyzing Characters

RL.9-10.3

Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas/events, including the order points are made, how they are introduced & developed, & the connections drawn between them.

• RI.9-10.3 (Informational Text)

LOGICAL ORDER

• organizing ideas/events in a sequence that is clear & easy for readers to understand

TEXT STRUCTURES

• Chronological Order: placing events in the order in which they occurred; used to show a connection among ideas/events that happened over a period of time

• Cause-and-Effect Order: used to illustrate how & why one idea or event influenced another because, as a result

• Comparison-and-Contrast: used to show how ideas are similar or different

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As you read, look for SIGNAL WORDS that indicate connections between ideas & events.

• Chronological Order: first, next, then, before, finally, since

• Cause-and-Effect Order: because of, as a result, consequently, due to, if...then

• Comparison-and-Contrast: by contrast, on the other hand, similarly, in comparison

Apply the standard while you read.

• I can analyze the development and connection of events or ideas over the course of a text.

Analyzing Central Idea

• RI.9-10.3 (Informational Text)

Analyzing the Development & Connection of Ideas or Events

• RI.9-10.3 (Informational Text)