Understanding Character Motivation
Analyzing how authors use descriptive language and dialogue to reveal character motivations and personality.
Key Questions
- Analyze how a character's actions change our opinion of them throughout a story.
- Evaluate techniques authors use to make a character feel real to the reader.
- Predict how the story might change if it were told from the perspective of the antagonist.
MOE Syllabus Outcomes
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