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Understanding Characterization In Literature

Student Name__________________________________

Date_________________

Novel____________________________________________________________________

Author___________________________________________________________________

Understanding Characterization in Literature

Directions: There are five major ways that character is revealed. Once you have finished reading your

novel, decide which character was the protagonist and which character was the antagonist.

Complete the characterization chart below with examples from the novel, and then describe

in complete sentences what each novel example taught you about the character. The last

column is the most important part of your grade. If you cannot find an example for each

box, please explain in the box why you couldn’t find an example.

Protagonist

_______________________________________________________________________

Ways Character is Revealed

Example from Novel with Page#

What You Learned about the

Character from this Example

Character’s Speech

***Find an example of what the

protagonist said in the

novel.

Character’s Appearance

***Find an example of what the

protagonist looked like in the

novel.

Character’s Private Thoughts

***Find an example of what the

protagonist was thinking in

the novel.

Other Character’s Impressions

***Find an example of how

other characters felt about

or how they reacted to the

protagonist in the novel.

Character’s Actions

***Find an example of

something the protagonist

did in the novel.

Understanding Characterization In Literature