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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