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WorksheetsCharacterization Practice
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
Daren showed up at the banquet with food stains all over his dress shirt. He sat down, put his feet on the table, and burped loudly. The other people sitting at the table looked at each other but continued eating.
What character train does Daren demonstrate?
puzzled
hysterical
unmannerly
sophisticated
Courtney asked her neighbor if she could borrow an egg to complete a recipe that she had already started. The next day Courtney returned an egg to her neighbor along with a thank you card expressing her sincere gratitude.
What character trait does Courtney demonstrate?
Stingy
Appreciative
Flabbergasted
Acceptable
Jared got off the train from his small farm village. He was now in the big city. An unshaven man with a trench coat with several holes in it approached Jared and told him that he was a police officer and that he needed to see Jared's wallet. Jared did not think that the man looked like a police officer, but he didn't want to get arrested on his first day in the city, so Jared reached into the front pocket of his overalls and gave the man his wallet. The man promptly ran away leaving Jared with no money.
What character trait does Jared demonstrate?
Cunning
Devious
Gullible
Clever
Kathy has a big project due in two weeks. She spends the next twelve days interacting with people from her school on social networks. The night before the project is due, she rushes to complete it and gets a C- as a final grade. She was happy with the grade.
What character trait does Kathy demonstrate?
Enthusiastic
Organized
Unmotivated
Flippant
the type of characterization used by an author when he allows the reader to observe the character's actions, his interactions with others and the things he says and thinks; the author lets the readers/audience decide for themselves.
static character
dynamic character
direct characterization
indirect characterization
Read the following and determine if the author used direct or indirect characterization.
"His wife walked briskly in front of him in a faded sundress that hadn't fit her correctly since the birth of their second son."
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Read the following and determine if the author used direct or indirect characterization.
"Alfie was a little weird - into sci-fi and comic books, but he was mature for his age and knowledgeable about many things."
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Characterization is the process of revealing the personality and traits of a character.
True
False
What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?
Indirect characterization shows things that reveal the personality of the character while direct characterization tells the audience what the character's personality is.
Direct characterization reveals character traits through thoughts only while indirect reveals the character traits through other things.
Indirect characterization relies on the reader's ability to determine the setting and plot, and direct characterization tells you what the setting and plot are.
Direct characterization is always used, but indirect characterization is not commonly used in writing.
Michael has clothes all over the floor of his bedroom. Underneath the clothes on his floor is a pizza box with crusts in it. Underneath the pizza box is a bunch of pieces of a board game that Michael played and didn't put away. Michael sat on his unmade bed with his shoes on and played video games all night.
What character trait does Michael demonstrate in this passage?
messy
careless
lazy
honest
After coming home late from a party, Mae's father questioned her. She wanted to tell him that she was studying at a friend's place and lost track of time, but she told him the truth instead: she was at a party.
What character trait does Mae in this scenario?
resourceful
dishonest
careless
honest
