Characterization

Characters that are the focus of a story are called...

• People

• Main Characters

• Secondary Characters

• Important

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

Characters that are in a story, but are not the focus are called...

• People

• Main Characters

• Secondary Characters

• Important

The reason why a character does, says or thinks something is called...

• Perspective

• Dialogue

• Inference

• Motivation

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

How a character feels about or sees something is called...

• Perspective

• Dialogue

• Inference

• Motivation

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.6

Spoken words, usually set off with quotation marks in a text, are called...

• Perspective

• Dialogue

• Inference

• Motivation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.W.4.3B

When the reader combines what he/she knows about a topic with what is said in a text to draw a conclusion, it is called...

• Perspective

• Dialogue

• Inference

• Motivation

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.

Janet was known as a “walking disaster”. Strange things always seemed to happen to her every single day. The first day of school was no exception. First, she slipped on a piece of paper and fell down in the hallway. Then, she broke a thermometer in science class. After that a basketball hit her in the back of the head during PE. Rubbing her head, Janet thought “tomorrow, I am going to wear my bike helmet and kneepads IN the building!”.

Question:

Based on the actions and words of Janet, she can be described as...

• A poor student

• Clumsy

• Athletic

• Angry

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

In the book, Ruth and the Green Book, Ruth and her mom were not authentic characters.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

In the book, Heroes, what did the main character Donnie really want.

• He did not want to be treated differently because of his race.

• He wanted to be the best football player on the playground.

• He wanted to be a mechanic like his uncle.

• He wanted to join the military like his dad and his uncle.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

What does being a complex character mean?

• All of the different characters in the story having their own traits.

• Having many characters in the having dialogue that changes often.

• A character that has the same traits, personality, and and does not change in the story.

• Undergoing an important change as the plot unfolds, having a variety of traits, and different sides to their personality.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B