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Character Analysis Chart

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This versatile graphic organizer could be used alongside any novel, poem, play, or story through which your class in studying character. Class members can get characters straight or describe particular characters in more detail with this chart. Learners write the name of a character at the top of the page and then fill in 6 boxes that refer to different areas of characterization. If you are working on creative writing, young writers could use this to add more details to their own characters.<

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character analysis, characters, character descriptions, characterization, personalities

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3rd - 12th
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English Language Arts
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