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    The document provides guidance for writing a descriptive paragraph about a story's main character. It instructs the writer to make an assertion about the character's main trait, and support it with two examples from the text along with explanations for how each example illustrates the trait. Sentence starters and reminders about including context, sensory details, and full explanations are also provided to help craft an effective character analysis paragraph.

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    The document provides guidance for writing a descriptive paragraph about a story's main character. It instructs the writer to make an assertion about the character's main trait, and support it with two examples from the text along with explanations for how each example illustrates the trait. Sentence starters and reminders about including context, sensory details, and full explanations are also provided to help craft an effective character analysis paragraph.

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    Characterization Descriptive Paragraph

    Describe the main character of the story.


    - Create an assertion about the main character’s main character trait (s).
    - Provide two pieces of textual evidence and two explanations.
    - Use the main character's thoughts, words, and actions to support your
    assertion.
    - You can also use other character’s thoughts or actions towards the main
    character to support your assertion.

    Assertion about the Main Character


    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________

    Textual Evidence#1:
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________

    Explanation #1:
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________

    Textual Evidence #2:


    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________

    Explanation #2
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________

    Concluding Sentence about the Main Character


    __________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    Characterization Descriptive Paragraph

    Sentence Starters

    The main character ___________ is ________________.


    Name Character Trait(s)

    This shows…

    …because…

    For example…

    In conclusion…

    The reason why…

    He/she believes…

    He/she thinks…

    He/she does this because…

    Overall…

    Don’t Forget

    Character traits – Use the character trait list.

    Context – Give readers a sense of what is happening in the story.

    Sensory Details – Appeal to reader’s sense of sound, taste, smell, touch, sight.

    Explanation – Your explanation should be MORE than 1 sentence. It should


    describe how the textual evidence proves your assertion.

    Adjectives

    Adverbs

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