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WorksheetsCharacterization
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
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1.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"Turning her head slowly, like a patient becoming paralyzed, neck stiffening forever, she forced her eyes to search among the photographs."
-The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
"Turning her head slowly, like a patient becoming paralyzed, neck stiffening forever, she forced her eyes to search among the photographs."
-The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
2.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"My heart, which has been pounding like a conga drum, is about to burst through my chest and run itself home."
-Countdown by Deborah Wiles
"My heart, which has been pounding like a conga drum, is about to burst through my chest and run itself home."
-Countdown by Deborah Wiles
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
3.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"I regretted it the instant the words passed my lips."
-Ungifted by Gordon Korman
"I regretted it the instant the words passed my lips."
-Ungifted by Gordon Korman
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
4.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"A man in a tattered army jacket and battered pants lay along the curb, propped up on an elbow, his eyes closed."
-Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
"A man in a tattered army jacket and battered pants lay along the curb, propped up on an elbow, his eyes closed."
-Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
5.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"I tried to walk with a swagger like Darrell did, but my legs felt more like a couple of loose pistons slapping."
-Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine
"I tried to walk with a swagger like Darrell did, but my legs felt more like a couple of loose pistons slapping."
-Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
6.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"I was relieved, but I also felt like a weenie."
-Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
"I was relieved, but I also felt like a weenie."
-Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
7.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"I would stay in my seat for the rest of the time. I feel like there is a bubble in my chest that expands more by the second."
-Divergent by Veronica Roth
"I would stay in my seat for the rest of the time. I feel like there is a bubble in my chest that expands more by the second."
-Divergent by Veronica Roth
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
8.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"I'm feeling apprehensive,' he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him."
-The Giver by Lois Lowry
"I'm feeling apprehensive,' he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him."
-The Giver by Lois Lowry
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
9.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"Chase couldn't tell what it was, but it frightened him so badly that he nearly sucked in a lungful of water."
-Storm Runners by Roland Smith
"Chase couldn't tell what it was, but it frightened him so badly that he nearly sucked in a lungful of water."
-Storm Runners by Roland Smith
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
10.
Direct or Indirect Characterization?
"I couldn't take my eyes off the wooden bat, which she was slapping from one palm to the other."
-Flush by Carl Hiaasen
"I couldn't take my eyes off the wooden bat, which she was slapping from one palm to the other."
-Flush by Carl Hiaasen
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
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