Indirect Characterization

What character trait does Jake demonstrate? Jake is Cassie’s older brother. One day while they are walking home from school, Jake was dressed more appropriately for the cold weather than Cassie. He took off his hoodie and offered it to her and Cassie accepted. Jake was cold but he was happy that Cassie was warm.

• Fair: In accordance with the rules or standards

• Loving: Feeling or showing love or great care

• Trustworthy: able to be relied on as honest or truthful

• Cooperative: Involving mutual assistance to reach a common goal

What character trait does Craig demonstrate? Craig is a College football player. The coach demands that players come in at 6 a.m. and lift weights until 8 a.m. Craig gets there at 5 a.m. to start training.

• Optimistic: hopeful and confident about the future

• Easygoing: relaxed and tolerant in manner

• Clever: showing intillegence

• Hardworking: tending to work with energy and commitment

What character trait does Kylie demonstrate? Anna volunteered to help Kylie clean her house. When Anna washed the mirrors, Kylie asked her if she used paper towels instead of newspapers. When Anna admitted that she had, Kylie made her redo them. Then, when Anna was sweeping, Kylie corrected her technique. "Don't just push the dirt around, SWEEP it," Kylie said to Anna

• Forgiving: ready and willing to forgive

• Unreliable: Not able to be relied on

• Bossy: fond of giving people orders

• Curious: eager to know or learn something

What character trait does Kevin demonstrate? Kevin found a wallet on the ground. He opened up the wallet and saw an old woman's ID. Kevin took the ID out of the wallet, walked to the woman's house, and returned the wallet to her.

• Honest: good and truthful

• Lazy: unwilling to work or use energy

• Cheerful: noticeably happy person

• Organized: planned and arranged

What character trait does Bella demonstrate? Bella invited a bunch of her friends over to her house. She then talked to them for hours about all the trophies that she had one, how much money her mom makes, and showed them all the new clothes she just got.

• Dishonest: not truthful

• Conceited: excessively proud of themselves and thinks that they are better than others

• Quiet: making little noise

• Humorous: funny

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

• Evil: wicked or bad person

• Affectionate: showing fondness or love

• Proud: the feeling of satisfaction or happiness with one's accomplishments

• Disrespectful: showing a lack of respect/ being impolite

What character trait does Amanda demonstrate? Amanda got off the train from her small farm village. She was now in the big city. A man in a trench coat with several holes in it approached Amanda and told her that he was a police officer and that he needed to see Amanda's wallet. Amanda didn't think he looked like a police officer, but she didn't want to get arrested, so Amanda gave the man her wallet. The man ran away leaving Amanda with no money.

• Critical: criticizing or judging others

• Sweet: a pleasant person

• Gullible: easily persuaded to believe something

• Lucky: having good luck

What character trait does Kelly demonstrate? Kelly was only in Middle School when she started getting recruited by College coaches that wanted her to play soccer at their school. All the coaches were amazed at how fast she could run.

• Talented: Having a natural ability or skill

• Witty: Having clever humor

• Aggressive: Ready and willing to fight or argue

• Childish: Acts like a child

Using your character traits sheet, explain what character trait(s) Bruce demonstrates. Explain your answer using evidence from the passage. 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 a fastball. Bruce got a hold of it and sent it flying to right field. The home team won.

Using your character traits sheet, explain what character trait(s) Courtney demonstrates. Explain your answer using evidence from the passage. Courtney asked her neighbor if she could borrow an egg to complete a recipe that she had already started. The next day Courtney returned an egg to her neighbor along with a thank you card expressing her gratitude.