Analyze How Complex Characters Develop and Interact in a Text

Which of the following is the correct description for RL.9-10.3? (Read carefully)

• Analyze how the theme develops over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot.

• Analyze how complex characters (e.g. those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

• Analyze how complex characters (e.g. those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with the setting.

• Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

What does it mean to analyze?

• Look at closely

• Add notes, thoughts, and questions

• Break down into smaller parts

• Assign value to

What does the word develop mean?

• To mature physically

• To change over time

• To grow in another way

• To move to the next level

What interacts in standard RL.9-10.3? (choose all that apply)

• Characters and Characters

• Characters and Setting

• Characters and Plot

• Characters and Author

• Characters and Theme

According to RL.9-10.3, Characters can advance the ________? (choose all that apply)

• Setting

• Plot

• Dialogue

• Theme

Which character type can be seen as complex?

• Flat

• Round

• Static

• Dynamic

Conflicting motivations result when ___________

• The character cannot decide what to do in a situation

• The character has multiple reasons as to why they do what they decide to do in a situation

• The character has multiple decisions they cannot make in a situation

• The character has a problem when they decide to do something in a situation

The acronym ALIST stands for:

• Actions, Looks, Impressions, Speech, Thoughts

• Attitude, Looks, Impressions, Speech, Thoughts

• Actions, Lies, Impressions, Speech, Thoughts

• Actions, Looks, Impressions, Speech, Traits

The acronym FFLAVA stands for:

• Fears, Flaws, Attitude, Values, Aspirations

• Favorites, Flaws, Attitude, Values, Aspirations

• Flaws, Fears, Animosities, Virtues, Aspirations

• Fears, Features, Attitudes, Values, Aspirations

Which of the following is the Rubric Criteria for Mastery of this standard?

• Uses specific details in a text to explain the relationship or interactions between two or more... Characters, settings, or events in a story

• Explains how events, individuals, and/or ideas/concepts interact within a text and contribute to the development of the storyline or theme/central idea.

• Analyzes clearly and accurately the development of a complex event, individual (e.g., someone with conflicting motivations) and/or idea/concept within a text. Analysis includes how the complex event, individual, is introduced, explained, and developed, and how it connects, is distinguished from, and interacts with other elements in the text.

• Analyzes clearly and accurately how a series of events or ideas/concepts unfolds in a text, including when and how they are introduced and developed, the connections between/among them, and how they contribute to the development of the storyline or theme/central idea of the text.