Comprehension Strategy #4: Comprehension Strategy #4: Characterize.

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Comprehension Strategy #4: Comprehension Strategy #4: Characterize

4. 4. Characterize Questions To characterize, we describe or express our opinions about the personality of the character and provide evidence for it from the text. Comprehension Strategies Summary/Reflection

4. 4. Characterize Questions 1. Pick a character. 2. Form your opinion or make a judgment about the quality or personality of the character. 3. Identify or pick details in the pages you read that proves this quality. Comprehension Strategies Summary/Reflection

4. 4. Characterize Questions Those details are based on: his/her dialogue his/her actions his/her facial expressions and gestures his/her way of dressing what other characters say about him/her Comprehension Strategies Summary/Reflection

4. 4. Characterize Questions The character (Character’s name) in the story (Title by Author) is (Quality/Personality – your opinion of the character). His speech proves this. “Quote the dialogue.” His actions also prove this because (What the character did/His actions). The way he wears his clothes further shows that he is this (Quality/Personality - synonym) person. He (Describe his physical appearance/Clothing.)There is no doubt that (paraphrase your opinion). Comprehension Strategies Summary/Reflection

4. 4. Characterize Questions Example: The character Ram Mohammad Thomas in the novel “Q & A” by Vikas Swarup is a very strong and determined person. The police think he is lying so they torture him. However, he is firm in telling the truth. He does not back down. He persists and continues to tell the truth. He also tries his best in order to win the love of his life even though he nearly gets killed by his enemies because of it. He proves himself to be faithful until the end. This proves that he has the perseverance that makes him able to achieve his dream. Comprehension Strategies Summary/Reflection

Details/Evidence DialogueActions Facial Expression/GestureWay of Dressing What others say about him/her

4. 4. Characterize Questions Example: The character Ram Mohammad Thomas in the novel “Q & A” by Vikas Swarup is a very strong and determined person. Even when he is tortured by the police who think he is lying, he is firm in telling the truth. He persists and continues to try his best in order to win the love of his life even though he has near death encounters with the enemy. He proves himself to be faithful until the end. Undoubtedly, he has the perseverance that make him achieve his dream. Comprehension Strategies

4. 4. Characterize Questions Comprehension Strategies Summary/Reflection: How does characterizing help you understand the plot of a story you read? How does this prove that you comprehend the text?