Characterization Quiz

Sometimes an author just tells the reader what a character is like. This method is called:

• sensory characterization

• descriptive characterization

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

Sometimes an author will show the character doing or saying something that helps the reader make up their own minds about the character. This method is called:

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• descriptive characterization

• sensory characterization

"Bradley looked like an athlete." This is an example of:

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• conflict

• plot

What are ways or techniques that authors use to "characterize." (Select all that apply)

• Showing what characters say, do, or think

• Showing what other characters say or think about them

• Describing physical features, dress, and personalities

• Making a beautiful cover for the book

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is an example of direct characterization?

• “Andy is such a jerk,” his sister sighed.

• Andy was rude and usually didn’t think of other people’s feelings.

• Andy knew he got to the line late but decided to skip ahead anyways.

• “I got here first!” Andy growled at the small child waiting in front of him.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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 the above

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An author reveals that a character is courageous through the character’s words, actions and thoughts. 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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A character, Nicki, is friendly. The author shows this by having Nicki sit down at a lunch table with a group of kids she doesn’t know and introduce herself. What is the author using to show Nicki’s trait?

• Nicki’s thoughts

• Nicki’s feelings

• Nicki’s actions

• other characters’ reactions to Nicki

Read the following sentences from a story. Choose the character trait that best describes Grandpa.

Grandpa was 85 years old and had gone through many experiences in his life. Everyone in Grandpa’s building went to him for advice. He always had the right answers. He helped people with their problems and gave them great recipes to try. “I’ve never met someone who knows as much as you do, Gramps!” exclaimed Simon.

• wise

• magnificent

• fortunate

• elegant