Characterization

Key Questions

  • What does the character do?
  • What does the character say?
  • What does the character think?
  • What does the character feel?
  • What does the character look like?
  • Use this info to answer - what kind of "person" is the character? How would you describe the character? What is the personality trait?
  • What is the difference between feelings & character traits?

Videos

Analyzing Character Traits

Characterization with "Frozen"

Graphics

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Character Map

1. Read the story.

2. Read the story & look for character info (thoughts, words, actions, feelings/relationships, appearance).

3. Find character traits that match the character info.

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