Character

Graphic Organizer
Graphic Organizer

Character

Graphic Organizer

Writer’s Inc tells us that “Characterization is the method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities” (Writer’s Inc, 234). Characters are usually people, but they can also be animals or objects. An author gives the reader clues about what kind of person a character is.

What does the character say?
What does the character do?


What do other characters say about this individual?
How do other characters act around this individual?


What information does the narrator give the reader about the character? (appearance, thoughts, feelings)

Character Inferences

Graphic Organizer

An inference is a conclusion the reader makes based on the evidence in the text. If you have filled out a graphic organizer listing facts about the characterization of an individual in the story, you are ready to make an inference about that character.

Character’s Name

Text-based Evidence About the Character

What I Inferfrom the Evidence
Example:
Hercules
Kills lion
Kills Hydra
Captures Erymanthian Boar
Hercules is brave.

Created by S. Kelsey & H. Hoffman

What does the character say?	What does the character do?

What do other characters say about this individual?	How do other characters act around this individual?

Character’s Name	Text-based Evidence About the Character	What I Inferfrom the Evidence
Example: Hercules	Kills lion Kills Hydra Captures Erymanthian Boar	Hercules is brave.