Characterization Review

Clear statement; description of a character’s traits, or characteristics

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How many elements of Character are there?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do the aspects of ______________, like clothing or facial expressions, reveal about a character?

• Personality

• Background

• Appearance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does a character’s ____________ affect their decisions? Their relationships? And vice versa: how does a difficult situation reveal a character’s ____________?

• Personality

• Change

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The reader must draw their own conclusions about a character

A reader must INFER character traits based on details, actions, and dialogue

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The 7 elements of character can be revealed 3 ways:

• What they say – Words

• What they do – Actions

• What other characters say about them/how characters behave around them

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The main character in a literary work

The reader usually sympathizes with him/her/them

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Important Question to ask yourself as you read: What _____________ information about this character explains his/her/their choices & decisions?

• Relationships

• Motivation

• Background

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What makes the character act the way they do

Important Question to ask yourself as you read:

What does this character want?

• Personality

• Motivation

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Character or force in conflict with the main character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3