Infer Character Traits

What three aspects of a character's personality help us to infer their character traits?

• The character's sayings, actions and thoughts.

• The character's feelings, emotions and thoughts.

• The character's sayings, favorite activities and thoughts.

Select all of the POSITIVE character traits.

• Generous

• Rude

• Patient

• Selfish

• Honest

Select all of the NEGATIVE character traits.

• Caring

• Dishonest

• Motivated

• Lazy

• Untrustworthy

While no one was looking, Emma took her brother's toy and put it in her backpack. What could be a character trait for Emma?

• Honest

• Patient

• Sneaky

Manny was not afraid of anything. He tried new things all the time and would stand up for what he thought was the right thing to do. What could be a character trait for Manny?

• Athletic

• Brave

• Intelligent

A calm character would:

• Yell and scream in the classroom.

• Take a deep breath to stay relaxed.

• Throw food in the lunchroom.

• Think before they say or do something.

The teacher asked Lucia what the answer was to the problem on the board. Lucia wore a worried expression on her face for a moment and then put her head down on the desk without answering. After the teacher moved on to someone else, Lucia whispered to her friend that the answer was 26. Lucia was right.   What character trait does Lucia demonstrate?

• Bashful

• Hilarious

• Dishonest

• Energetic

How the character feels is referred to as the character's ___________________.

• thoughts

• dialogue

• emotions

• actions

What the character does is referred to as the character's ________________.

• thoughts

• dialogue

• emotions

• actions

What a character thinks are referred to as the character's __________.

• thoughts

• dialogue

• emotions

• actions