Character Analysis Based on Evidence
Character Analysis
Identify evidence about the character (words, actions, reactions).
Use quotation marks around quotes and cite page numbers.
Based on the evidence, make an inference (educated guess) about the character.
Write commentary that explains how and/or why the evidence leads to or supports the inference.
Assignment Section 2: Choose four passages from your monologue then using the character descriptors handout provided, make an inference and provide commentary about the character based on the passages and the descriptors.
“His eyes were round with wonder as he gazed about him, and his little hands began to stroke the rubber grass. Then he began to cry” (191).
“My lies were scary, involved, and usually pointless, but Doodle’s were twice as crazy. People in his stories all had wings and flew wherever they wanted to go” (193). / Sensitive, appreciative - Doodle reacts emotionally to the wonder of nature; moved to tears of joy at the beauty of simple things. He is attuned to nature and in awe of its beauty.
Imaginative, dreamer - Doodle’s fantasies reveal his vivid imagination as well as his desire to be able to move freely and easily. Through his imagination he can escape the physical handicaps that hold him down in real life.
Title of piece:______Character:______
Given Circumstances: In a sentence or two give an overview of your character based on your Given Circumstances sheet. ______
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Evidence (Quote) / Inference/Commentary/ExplanationCharacter Descriptors (courtesy Georgina Lorenzi, AP Lang. Teacher)
Able
Accepting
Adaptable
Aggressive
Ambitious
Annoying
Anxious
Appreciative
Authoritative
Bitter
Bold
Boring
Brave
Bubbly
Calm
Carefree
Careless
Caring
Certain
Cheerful
Clever
Cold
Complex
Confident
Confident
Conforming
Courageous
Cranky
Creative
Critical
Demanding
Dependable
Dependent
Determined
Dignified
Diplomatic
Disciplined
Dreamer
Efficient
Egotistical
Fair
Fearful
Foolish
Frank
Free
Friendly
Full of life
Funny
Gentle
Giving
Greedy
Guilty
Gullible
Happy
Hard
Helpful
Helpless
Honorable
Hostile
Humorous
Idealistic
Imaginative
Immature
Impressionable
Inconsiderate
Independent
Insensitive
Insincere
Intelligent
Irresponsible
Irritable
Jealous
Juvenile
Kind
Knowledgeable
Lazy
Liberal
Lively
Logical
Loving
Materialistic
Maternal
Mature
Merry
Modest
Moody
Naïve
Negative
Nervous
Nosy
Normal
Objective
Observant
Organized
Original
Overconfident
Overconforming
Overemotional
Overprotective
Overworked
Overly sensitive
Passive
Patient
Perceptive
Perfectionist
Persuasive
Petty
Playful
Pleasant
Powerful
Practical
Precise
Pretending
Protective
Proud
Questioning
Quiet
Rational
Rationalizing
Realistic
Reasonable
Reassuring
Rebellious
Rejecting
Relaxed
Reliable
Religious
Resentful
Respectful
Responsible
Responsive
Rigid
Sarcastic
Satisfied
Scientific
Searching
Self-aware
Self-conscience
Selfish
Sensible
Sensitive
Sentimental
Serious
Shy
Silly
Simple
Skillful
Sly
Sociable
Spontaneous
Stable
Strong
Strong-willed
Stubborn
Sympathetic
Tender
Tense
Thoughtful
Tough
Trusting
Trustworthy
Unaware
Uncertain
Unconcerned
Understanding
Unpredictable
Unreasonable
Useful
Vain
Vulnerable