Characterization Worksheet

How a character makes others feel tells a lot about them as a person.

• S - Speech

• T - Thoughts

• E - Effect on others

• A - Actions

• L - Looks

A character's appearance can reveal their interests or even what they value in life.

• S - Speech

• T - Thoughts

• E - Effects on others

• A - Actions

• L - Looks

A character's thoughts and feelings show what is going on in their mind and can reveal quite a bit about them.

• S - Speech

• T - Thoughts

• E - Effect on others

• A - Actions

• L - Looks

Based on this passage, what are character traits to describe the narrator?

• Kind, Thoughtful

• Nervous, Afraid

• Focused, Athletic

• Athletic, Talented

• Caring, Selfless

What kind of indirect characterization does this passage show?

• Actions

• Thoughts

• Speech

• Looks

Read the following passage and decide if it is a better example of direct or indirect characterization.

Peter wasn't interested in the TV show that was playing, but the remote control was all the way across the room, so he just watched it anyway. Jan would be home soon, and she could fetch it for him then.

• Direct

• Indirect

Read the following passage and decide if it is a better example of direct or indirect characterization.

• Direct

• Indirect

Which types of indirect characterization are at play in the passage below? (Select all that apply.)

• Speech

• Thoughts

• Effect on others

• Actions

• Looks

S.T.E.A.L stands for

• Strengths

  Traits

  Efforts

  Attributes

  Learners

• Speech

  Thoughts

  Effects

  Actions

  Looks

The author gives clues about the character through their speech, dress, actions, thoughts, and what other characters say about them.

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• flat character

• round character