As you read tonight, identify at least 2 direct or indirect characteristics of a character in your book. Set up your response in the following way:
1. Name of Character
2. Type of characterization
3. Quote that shows characterization
4. Word that you can use to describe your character
5. Rationale for chosing this quote
Ex.
1. Laurie
2. Character's Actions
3. "filled his wagon with mud and pulled it through the kitchen"
4. troublesome
5. When Laurie pulled his wagon through the kitchen with mud, he is showing that he is a defiant young boy who causes a lot of trouble. He should know better than to be walking through his mom's nice clean kitchen with mud. Laurie goes against the commonly known rule of no mud in the kitchen just to be a bad little boy.
1.Frank Gifford
ReplyDelete2.characters thoughts
3."And then I'd move on to thinking about the 50's and 60's when I played with the New York Giants"
4.thinker
5.when Frank Gifford says he went back to thinking about when he played I made the conclusion that he was a thinker
1.Ruby
ReplyDelete2.character's action's
3."Ruby was taking deep breaths because she did not know how to investigate the murder"
4.truthful
5.when Ruby took deep breaths she though about the murder and she did not want it the murder to happen in the first place.
1. Ann
ReplyDeleteCharaters actions
look through the binoculars at the old store
cuorious
When Ann saw smoke that was very near she climbed the hil to look for what was causing it. This shows that she was curious about what was making it.
2. Ann
Charaters thoughts
"I'm shure that they will be back in the morning"
Anxious
Ann was trying to reashure herself that her family would come back even though it was a lost cause. This shows that she is anxious about never seeing her family agian.
1. Link
ReplyDelete2. Character's Actions
3. "playing with the seat like a jerk. He was moving it forward and backward in the car"
4. inconsiderate
5. When Link moved his chair forward and backward repeatedly, there was someone behind him and the two passengers were causing a ruckus. This shows that Link is an impolite teenager who doesn't think about others when he does something. It is common etiquette if you are sitting in front of someone in a car to allow them to have room, and to not change the seat position all the time. Link is a jokester who likes to mess with people just so he can get a good laugh.
1. Violet
2.Character's Reaction to other Character's Actions
3. "she was reading things about how everything was getting toxic. She told me about how things were getting really bad in South America, but she didn't know how bad, because the news had been asked to be a little more positive......made her frightened to read about this kind of thing....how people hated us for what we did"
4. Intelligent, knowledgeable, informed citizen
5. When Violet is up to date with the news, such as being informed on how the world is becoming toxic, and the unfriendly zones in the world, she shows that she is a intelligent girl who likes to read and keep up with current news. People who read often, like to read the news and who are cultured tend to be very intelligent and sophisticated.