Journal Entry 6
TM 9
Chapters 11, 12, & 13
The author has used many techniques to help the reader develop a deep
understanding of her characters, especially Ellen. Ellen’s character changes as she
experiences and overcomes many difficulties throughout the novel.
A word picture is one way to represent a character. It is drawn with words instead
of lines and curves. Look at the word picture on the left. It represents Ellen’s traits at
the beginning of the novel. Now you draw a word picture representing Ellen’s traits at
the end of the novel. Some of these traits may be the same. Use the Character Traits
Menu handout (TM 4) to help.
Word picture of Ellen Toliver
(beginning of novel)
Word Picture of Ellen Toliver
(end of novel)