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CHARACTER TRAITS AND MOTIVATION

CHARACTER TRAITS AND MOTIVATION. 8 th Grade Reading Ramsey/Ford. Qualities of a character, such as their personality. Ask yourself, What kind of person would behave, think or interact in this way? What adjectives would you use to describe your characters core qualities?. What are Traits?.

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CHARACTER TRAITS AND MOTIVATION

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  1. CHARACTER TRAITS AND MOTIVATION 8th Grade Reading Ramsey/Ford

  2. Qualities of a character, such as their personality. • Ask yourself, What kind of person would behave, think or interact in this way? • What adjectives would you use to describe your characters core qualities? What are Traits? Is your characterskillful? persistent? friendly?thoughtful? concerned? lazy?intelligent? fearful? capable?dishonest? determined?wise?

  3. Traits can be Internal or ExternalExternal can be seenInternal describes a character’s Inside: fears,frustrationsor feelings

  4. Finding Traits in a Character • In order to determine what traits the characters in a book have, or the people in life you meet, you could use these Methods of Characterization: • Physical Appearance • Speech, Thoughts and Actions • What Other Characters Say about Them

  5. Physical Appearance • This is what the character looks like, what they wear, body language and facial expressions. • Example: The beautiful red-headed maiden with lips as red as a rose seems to glide everywhere she walks.

  6. What the Character Says, Does and Thinks • This is the Dialogue the character uses to help the reader understand what they are thinking or feeling about a certain situation. • It is also what the narrator tells or the character may tell the reader that they are thinking about a certain situation. • What the character does in certain situations also shows the different traits that the character possesses.

  7. What Other Characters Think • What Traits Do These Characters Have? • Madeline’s classmates smirked and laughed as she walked by. Not only was she unfriendly, they concluded, but she took herself way too seriously. • This is other’s impressions of the character. • It is also what others say and feel about the character.

  8. Practice

  9. Character Motivation • A character’s motivation is what makes him/her think, feel, or act in a particular way. • When you know the reasons for a character’s actions, thoughts, or feelings, you understand his/her motivation. • A character’s motivation influences his/her actions. The actions, in turn, reveal the character’s traits. • Motivations can be internal or external.

  10. What is the Character Motivation Here? • Carlos spends two hours cleaning his room on a Saturday morning. • What could Carlos’ motivation for cleaning his room be? Give an internal and an external reason.

  11. What’s the Motivation • In “Little Red Riding Hood,” a wolf wants to catch the girl. The wolf dresses up as Grandmother to trick the girl into coming closer. -The wolf’s motivation is: __________ -Is this internal or external? • In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her companions travel to the Emerald city to see the wizard. -What motivates them to visit the wizard? ________ -Is this internal or external?

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