Powerful Characters

Character analysis is the study of a character's traits and actions in a story.

When characters respond to the story or to other characters, their conversations are called:

When an author writes about imaginary places and characters, he/she is writing to __________.

Which happens first, the CAUSE or the EFFECT?

Which of the following are signal words for cause and effect?

Which of the following is NOT part of how an author builds a character?

The events that make up the main part of a story are called the __________.

Lily did not earn recess because she hadn't done any work during class. What is the CAUSE?

Authors use cause and effect in stories to explain how things work or how something happened.

The reason why something happens is called the ___________.

If a character is tall and has red hair, this is an example of the character's _______________.

Cause: Hannah practiced making foul shots in basketball every night. What is the effect?

The first step in the writing process is ___________: when you identify the audience/purpose.

Which word means a person in a story or play?

Randy yelled at his peers when they made a mistake on the group project. Randy is acting:

The final stage of the writing process is the ___________ stage.

If an author tries to convince you of something, their purpose is to ____________ you.

A cat was trapped in a burning home. The firefighter ran in to save him. The firefighter was:

When you take a larger piece of text and retell it in fewer words, you are ______________.

Jack didn't want to get a job. He just sat around all day and ate his munchies. Jack was very: