Analyzing Character Development

Boyet saw his neighbor struggling to get his power generator running, so Boyet went over to his neighbor's house and filled up his power generator with gasoline. When it still wouldn't start, Boyet offered him to connect in his power generator.

What character trait does Boyet demonstrate?

• kind

• loving

• patient

• observant

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are character traits?

• physical descriptions
• qualities, such as insecurity or bravery
• places a character has been
• what a character says

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What character trait is revealed?
After pulling an all-nighter studying, Sarah moved through the dance routine sluggishly.  She was off-beat and missed several moves, but she pushed herself through the routine.

• passionate
• nervous
• tired
• bored

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How is the character's traits revealed?
Marcy sat in class, drumming her fingers on her desk.  Thinking back to that morning, she felt remorse over the way she had talked to her mom.

• actions
• thoughts
• statements
• interactions with other characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are character traits?

• physical descriptions
• qualities, such as insecurity or bravery
• places a character has been
• what a character says

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Mrs. Wooly: a grizzled, wiry-haired, ashtray-scented, tough-talking bus driver.

• character trait
• physical description
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Kevin had been stabbed in the shoulder when he tried to take down the guy with the knife.
I don't think any of us could stop thinking about Kevin and why something like this happened to someone as easygoing as him. It hurt us all because Kevin could accept anyone and anything, which is why he didn't mind rooming with Joey, something that would be social death to most guys.

• character trait
• physical description
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I might have been smaller and younger than the other boys, but I was the fastest runner in the whole school for anything up to a hundred meters.

• character trait
• physical description
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

I stood before the mirror, raised my eyebrows so that three lines wiggled across my brow. I wasn't unusual, neither handsome, nor ugly. My face was no different from the face of a brown person lucky enough to hold down a city job.

• character trait
• mood
• physical description

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3