Character traits

Character traits

by Kristel Bishop

​Words that describe character traits**TAKE NOTES

​Example of Character Trait Words

• Strong

• Weak

• Polite

• Rude

• Selfish

• Selfless

• Prejudiced

Open Ended

List a character trait that you know that was not on the previous slide

​How are character traits determined?**TAKE NOTES

​You can make inferences about a character's personality based on how a character:

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• 1.Acts

• 2.Thinks

• 3.Feels

• 4.Dialogue - what the say and things that are said about them.

• ​5. What the character looks like (physical traits)

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​To identify how a character’s actions help you identify a character trait, readers need to:

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• Identify what the character wants or needs (their motivation) and how the character feels.

• Identify the character’s actions that happen as a result of these needs and feelings (or the action they take after that detail).

• Identify the character’s traits (words to describe what a character is like on the inside). 

Multiple Choice

A character trait can be positive or negative

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Daren showed up at the banquet with food stains all over his dress shirt. He sat down, put his feet on the table, and burped loudly. The other people sitting at the table looked at each other but continued eating. What character trait does Daren demonstrate?

• Tardiness

• Rude

• Mean

• Messy

Multiple Choice

When Karen and Max find an Iphone in their Walmart buggy and take it to customer service, what character trait do they both embody?

• Foolishness

• Honesty

• Loyalty

• Cowardice

Multiple Choice

John is usually happy-go-lucky smiling and cheerful but today he is angry because someone stole his bike. After thinking about all that he still has calmed down a little. What character trait describes John?

• Happy

• Lucky

• Angry

• Hopeful

Multiple Choice

Caleb saw his neighbor struggling to get his lawn mower running, so Caleb went over to his neighbor’s house and filled up his lawn mower with gas. When it still wouldn’t start, Caleb lent him his lawn mower. What character trait does Caleb demonstrate?

• Intelligent

• Handy

• Helpful

• Nosey

Multiple Choice

Diamond spent twelve hours working on her Popsicle stick White House yesterday. Today she noticed that there are bushes in front of the building, so she spent another six hours making bushes out of construction paper. What trait describes Diamond?

• Perfectionist

• Wasteful

• lazy

• imaginative

Open Ended

When Angela asked her mother if she could go to the party, her mother said that she could not. So Angela asked her father, who said that she could. She then played her parents off one another until she got her way. Angela enjoyed herself at the party. What trait describes Angela?

Answer in complete sentence using RACE

​Answer

​Deceitful - misleading and deceitful people tend to lie or deceive others. 

​Dishonest - not truthful or trustworthy

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​Manipulative - any attempt to sway someone's emotions to get them to act or feel a certain way.

Open Ended

Today was Wendell's birthday. He barely slept last night. He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to the smell of pancakes cooking.What would Wendell's mood be on his birthday?

Answer in a complete sentence using RACE

​Answer

​Based on the text Wendell is excited on his birthday.

Multiple Choice

If someone routinely makes poor choices and does not show good judgement, what character trait would describe them?

• Thoughtless

• Irresponsible

• Bad

• Angry

Poll

Abby doesn't mind doing chores. Sometimes she does them without even being asked. She also helps her little sister do her homework.

• mature

• proud

• helpful

• intelligent

Open Ended

Jared got off the train from his small farm village. He was now in the big city. An unshaven man with a trench coat with several holes in it approached Jared and told him that he was a police officer and that he needed to see Jared's wallet. Jared did not think that the man looked like a police officer, but he didn't want to get arrested on his first day in the city, so Jared reached into the front pocket of his overalls and gave the man his wallet. The man promptly ran away leaving Jared with no money.

What character trait does Jared demonstrate?

​Answer

​Based on the text Jared in gullible.

​Gullible - easily persuaded to believe something

​Trustful, easily deceived, sucker, susceptible, easy mark, unsophisticated

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Gullibility is a tendency to be easily manipulated into believing something is true when it isn't. Credulity is closely related, a willingness to believe unlikely propositions with no evidence behind them

Open Ended

It was the bottom of the ninth inning and the home team was down by one. There was a man on second base when Bruce stepped up to the plate. Bruce pointed to right field. The pitcher threw his fastball. Bruce got a hold of it and sent it flying to right field. The home team won. What character trait does Bruce demonstrate?

​Answer

​Bruce is confident.

​sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities

Open Ended

What might motivate Carlos? Answer in a complete sentence using RACE