 Invitation
 Check
to Write
anticipation guide
 Characterization
 Read
notes
Into the Wild
 Why
are they your favorite?
 What
makes that character who they are?
(Speech, Thoughts, Effects on other
characters, Actions, Looks…)
 Definition:
The narrator tells us who the character
is through adjectives and other phrases.
 Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhItB78o_kU&s
afe=active
 Definition:
The narrator tells us what kind of
person this character is through Speech,
Thoughts, Effects on other characters,
Actions, and Looks. Infer an adjective to
describe this character.
 Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l_tFa45OM
A
character that does not experience any
sort of change through the story.
 Example:
Gretchen and Karen from Mean
Girls.
 Dory from Finding Nemo. She remains sweet
and continues to suffer from short term
memory loss throughout the movie.
A
character that experiences changes
throughout the plot of a story. Change
usually happens due to the story’s conflict.
 Example:
Regina George from Mean Girls
isn’t as angry anymore; she joins the girls
lacrosse team.
 In Finding Nemo, Marlin, the dad, is less
anxious and begins to trust his son more.
 Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter is
originally a shy character and then becomes
a brave character by killing a horcrux.
 Ultimately,
you will be writing a character
analysis, using your notes, describing how
your character changes over the course of
the text.