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Characterization A writer develops a character by using one or more of the following elements of characterization • descriptive details • character's actions • character's thoughts and feelings • use of dialogue • actions and feelings of other characters

You will need to complete this for 4-6 different characters. You will create costumes and make-up for these characters later in the project
 * Think about characterizations in the a story you have read. **

**Name of Character**:
 * Character's Traits || How do you learn about each trait? ||

What kind of person is the character?

You will need to fill out the rest of the worksheets in order to provide you audience with an idea of what the story is about during your presentation <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 32px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Theme <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Stories often express a message or insight about life. Use the diagram below to analyze the conflict and outcome of a story. Then use this information to identify the theme of the story.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Conflict - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Outcome <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Theme -

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 32px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conflict <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Answer the questions below to examine the conflict in a work. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">• Character vs. self <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">• Character vs. nature <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">• Character vs. another character <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">• Character vs. a group || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Main Character: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __ • Who or what does the character struggle against? __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 24px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Is the conflict external or internal? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __• Summarize the struggle.__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 24px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> • How is the struggle resolved? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __• What point does the author make about life by describing this conflict?__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Look for the following types of conflict in literature:

=Plot= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Use this plot diagram to show the key events that make up the rising action, turning point, falling action, and resolution of a story you have read. You may have to decide on the turning point first.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Rising action** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**-** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Turning point** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**-** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Falling action** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**-** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Resolution** -

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 32px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Setting <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Setting is the time and place in which a story occurs. Analyze the importance of the setting in a story you have read. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">• Place
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Details About the Setting

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">• Time || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> How the Setting Impacts the Story? - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mood created by the setting: - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Effect of the setting on characters: - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Emotions stirred by the setting: -

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 32px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Atmosphere/Mood <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mood is the general atmosphere a reader senses in a story, novel, or play. Authors can create mood by the words they use to describe the characters, setting, or actions in the story. Think about the mood of a story you have read by analyzing the words and phrases the author uses. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Words to Describe Characters
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Words to Describe Setting
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Words to Describe Action
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Description of Mood