Characters

What are traits?

• The struggles in the plot of a story

• Descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

• All of the events that happen in a story

• The places where a story happens

What can you use to figure out what a character's traits are?

• What the character says

• What the character thinks

• How other characters react to the character

• All of these answers

True or False: Characters can only be humans.

• True

• False

An author writes, "The girl was very patient." This is an example of __________.

• The author telling you directly what a character is like

• The author showing you indirectly what a character is like

An author reveals that a character is courageous through the character's words, actions, and thoughts. This is an example of _______.

• An author telling you directly what a character is like

• The author showing you indirectly what a character is like

What is a word that describe a particular quality of a noun?

• Verb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

What does analyze mean?

• To study carefully or in detail.

• A word that describes a particular quality of a noun.

• A person, usually in a work of art.

• To explain or write about something so that it can be easily visualized.

What is a character?

• To study carefully or in detail.

• A word that describes a particular quality of a noun.

• A person, usually in a work of art.

• To explain or write about something so that it can be easily visualized.

What does it mean to describe?

• To study carefully or in detail.

• straight; from a source and without anything coming between

• To explain or write about something so that it can be easily visualized.

• A conclusion reached from evidence and observation.

What does direct mean?

• To study carefully or in detail.

• straight; from a source and without anything coming between

• To explain or write about something so that it can be easily visualized.

• A conclusion reached from evidence and observation.