Learning Objective
Today, we will
1 figure
determine1
Name _____________________
character traits by using dramatic monologue.
out
What are we going to do today?
What does determine mean? Determine means _________.
Activate (or provide) Prior Knowledge
Serena was walking to school with Todd when a man walking by
dropped his wallet.
“Look! Let’s take the money and ditch the wallet,” said Todd.
“No! I will not take someone’s money. Excuse me, sir, you dropped
your wallet,” said Serena.
1. What can we determine about Serena’s personality?
2. What can we determine about Todd’s personality? (pair-share)
CFU
Serena is honest whereas Todd is dishonest. Characters in literature also have personalities, or traits, that we can determine based on
what they say or do. Today, we will determine character traits using dramatic monologue.
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9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Concept Development
Character traits describe2 the personality of a character in literature.
Dramatic monologue is a long speech by one character who is speaking to a silent character or audience.
• During dramatic monologue there is no interaction with other characters or the audience.
• A dramatic monologue is written to reveal character traits by exposing the character’s feelings and thoughts.
• Often a character’s traits are implied3.
Character Traits
2 tell
3 suggested
arrogant, controlling, cynical,
gloomy, insignificant, possessive,
stubborn, prideful, appreciative,
self-destructive, etc.
Dramatic Monologue
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
1 “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call
That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf’s hands
Worked busily a day, and there she stands.
5 Will ‘t please you sit and look at her? I said.
Lucrezia de’ Medici,
generally believed to be
My Last Duchess
by Alessandro Allori 1537
Character’s Words
Meaning of Character’s Words
Duke:
That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call
That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf’s
hands
Worked busily a day, and there she stands.
The lines imply that the Duke lost his previous
wife and doesn’t seem to care. Also he is
proud of his custom-made portrait of his
previous wife. He mentions the artist of the
painting, which means he likes to brag to look
important and wealthy.
Character trait
CFU
Which of the following is a character trait? How do you know?
A Tameka was married.
B Amy is a controlling friend.
Name a line in the monologue that demonstrates that the Duke is arrogant? How do you know?
In your own words, what are character traits? Character traits are______________________________________.
In your own words, what is dramatic monologue? Dramatic monologue is ______________________________________.
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9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Skill Development/Guided Practice
Character traits describe the personality of a character in literature.
Dramatic monologue is a long speech by one character who is speaking to
a silent character or audience.
Determine character traits by using dramatic monologue.
Step #1: Carefully read the dramatic monologue. (on following page)
Step #2: Read the character’s words and the meaning of the character’s words.
Step #3: Identify4 the words or phrases that imply a character trait. (underline)
Character Traits
arrogant, controlling, cynical,
gloomy, insignificant, possessive,
stubborn, prideful, appreciative,
self-destructive, etc.
Hint: What are the character’s feelings and thoughts?
Step #4: Determine the character trait by using dramatic monologue. (write)
4
find
Character’s Words
Meaning of Character’s Words
1. That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
looking as if she were alive. I call that piece a
wonder, now... Since none puts by the curtain I
have drawn for you, but I.
The Duke explains that his Duchess looks like she
is alive and that no one looks at the painting of her
unless he shows it to them.
2. She thanked men – good, but thanked somehow,
… as if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundredyears-old name with anybody’s gift. Who’d stoop
to blame this sort of trifling?
The Duchess treated everyone the same, and the
Duke felt that he should be more important
because of his family name.
3. She smiled, no doubt, whene’er I passed her; but
who passed without much the same smile? This
grew: I gave commands; then all smiles stopped
together.
The Duchess gave the same smile to others. The
Duke ended all her smiling (even at him). This may
imply that the Duke had her killed.
4. Notice Neptune, though, Taming a sea-horse,
thought a rarity. Which Claus of Innsbruck cast
in bronze for me.
The Duke is proud of his possessions. He wants
everyone to know that he has something rare that
was made just for him.
CFU
(#3) How did I/you identify words or phrases that implied character traits?
(#4) How did I/you determine the character traits?
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Character Trait
The Duke is
possessive.
The Duke is arrogant.
The Duke is controlling.
The Duke is prideful.
9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Dramatic Monologue: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning (1812-1889)
1 “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call
That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf’s hands
Worked busily a day, and there she stands.
5 Will ‘t please you sit and look at her? I said
‘Frà Pandolf’ by design, for never read
Strangers like you that pictured countenance1,
The depth and passion of its earnest2 glance,
But to myself they turned (since none puts by
10 The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)
And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst3,
How such a glance came there; so, not the first
Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, 'twas not”
Her husband's presence only, called that spot
15 Of joy into the Duchess' cheek: perhaps
Frà Pandolf chanced to say, "Her mantle laps
Over my Lady's wrist too much," or "Paint
Must never hope to reproduce the faint
Half-flush that dies along her throat"; such stuff
20 Was courtesy, she thought, and cause enough
For calling up that spot of joy. She had
A heart...how shall I say?... too soon made glad,
Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er
She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.
25 Sir, 'twas all one! My favour at her chest,
The dropping of the daylight in the West,
The bough of cherries some officious4 fool
Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule
She rode with round the terrace--all and each
30 Would draw from her alike the approving speech,
Or blush, at least. She thanked men,--good! but thanked
1
2
Somehow... I know not how... as if she ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
With anybody's gift. Who'd stoop to blame
35 This sort of trifling5? Even had you skill
In speech--(which I have not)--to make your will
Quite clear to such an one, and say, "Just this
Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss,
or there exceed the mark"--and if she let;
40 Herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set
Her wits to yours, forsooth6, and made excuse,
--E'en then would be some stooping; and I choose
Never to stoop. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,
Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without
45 Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;
Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands
As if alive. Will 't please you rise? We'll meet
The company below, then. I repeat,
The Count your Master's known munificence7
50 Is ample warrant that no just pretence
Of mine for dowry8 will be disallowed;
Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed9
At starting, is my object. Nay, we'll go
Together down, Sir! Notice Neptune, though,
55 Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me.
5
playing
disbelief
7 very generous
8 money or property a woman gives to her husband at the time of marriage
9 openly declare something
6
467 words
appearance and expression of the face
3 dare
4 eager to tell people what to do
sincere
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9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Relevance
Character traits describe the personality of a character in literature.
Dramatic monologue is a long speech by one character who is speaking to a
silent character or audience.
1. Determining character traits by using dramatic monologue will help you to
understand poetry and literature better.
1. I had a long walk home and no company, but I usually lone it anyway, for no
reason except that I like to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live
them with the actors. 2. When I see a movie with someone, it's kind of uncomfortable,
like having someone read your book over your shoulder. 3. I'm different that way.
excerpt from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
62 words
2. Determining character traits by using dramatic
monologue will help you get a creative career.
Drama Teacher, Actor/Actress, Screen Writer, Poet, Director
3. Determining character traits by using dramatic
monologue will help you do well on tests.
Sample Test Question
25. What kind of person is “Ponyboy
Curtis” in the monologue above?
A understanding and motivating
B aggressive
C insignificant and gloomy
D humorous and anxious.
CFU
Does anyone else have another reason why it is relevant to determine character traits by using dramatic monologue? (pair-share)
Why is it relevant to determine character traits by using dramatic monologue? You may give me one of my reasons or one of your own.
Which reason is most relevant to you? Why?
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9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Character traits describe the personality of a character in literature.
Dramatic monologue is a long speech by one character who is speaking to
a silent character or audience.
Skill Closure
Determine character traits by using dramatic monologue.
Step #1: Carefully read the dramatic monologue.
Step #2: Read the character’s words and the meaning of the character’s words.
Step #3: Identify the words or phrases that imply a character trait. (underline)
Character Traits
arrogant, controlling, cynical,
gloomy, insignificant, possessive,
stubborn, prideful, appreciative,
self-destructive, etc.
Hint: What are the character’s feelings and thoughts?
Step #4: Determine the character trait by using dramatic monologue. (write)
Dramatic Monologue: The Death Of The Ball Turret1 Gunner by Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
From my mother's sleep, I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak2 and the nightmare fighters.
When I died, they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
1 dome-shaped
2
area on a plane where guns are mounted
bullets or shells
Character’s Words
When I died, they washed me
out of the turret with a hose.
48 words
Meaning of Character’s Words
When he died, no one really cared.
He was just another dead body to
dispose of.
Character Trait
He is worthless and insignificant.
Constructed Response Closure
Why would “the Duke is a short, sturdy man” not be an example of a character trait?
Summary Closure
What did you learn today about determining character traits by using dramatic monologue?
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9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Independent Practice
Character traits describe the personality of a character in literature.
Dramatic monologue is a long speech by one character who is speaking to a
silent character or audience.
Determine character traits using dramatic monologue.
Step #1: Carefully read the dramatic monologue. (on following page)
Step #2: Read the character’s words and the meaning of the character’s words.
Step #3: Identify the words or phrases that imply a character trait. (underline)
Name __________________________
Character Traits
arrogant, controlling, cynical,
gloomy, insignificant, possessive,
stubborn, prideful, appreciative,
self-destructive, etc.
Hint: What are the character’s feelings and thoughts?
Step #4: Determine the character trait by using dramatic monologue. (write)
Dramatic Monologue: from As You Like It by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
JACQUES:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
5 His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling1 and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
10 Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad2
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard3,
Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Character’s Words
1. All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances
And one man in his time plays many parts.
2. …and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
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15 Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice
In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd4,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws, and modern instances,
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
20 Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon5,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side,
His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide,
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again towards childish treble6, pipes
25 And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion7,
Sans8 teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
216 words
Meaning of Character’s Words
1
whining
sentimental song
3 leopard
4 full of chicken
5 foolish old man
6 high-pitched voice
7 complete forgetfulness
8 without
2
Character Trait
Jacques uses a metaphor to describe life as a
play and each person plays many parts.
People play their roles and come and go.
Jacques is cynical.
The final stage of life leaves one unable to enjoy
anything—food, beauty, everything that is good
in life. There is no joy in living anymore.
Jacques is gloomy.
9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Periodic Review 1
Character traits describe the personality of a character in literature.
Dramatic monologue is a long speech by one character who is speaking to a
silent character or audience.
Determine character traits by using dramatic monologue.
Step #1: Carefully read the dramatic monologue. (on following page)
Step #2: Read the character’s words and the meaning of the character’s words.
Step #3: Identify the words or phrases that imply a character trait. (underline)
Name __________________________
Character Traits
arrogant, controlling, cynical,
gloomy, insignificant, possessive,
stubborn, prideful, appreciative,
self-destructive, etc.
Hint: What are the character’s feelings and thoughts?
Step #4: Determine the character trait by using dramatic monologue. (write)
Dramatic Monologue: from Home Thought, From Abroad by Robert Browning
Oh, to be in England,
Now that April's there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
5 That the lowest boughs1 and the brushwood sheaf2
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the chaffinch3 sings on the orchard bough In England - now!
And after April, when May follows,
10 And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows
1
3
large branches on trees 2 grains tied in bundles
small bird with a cheerful song
Hark! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge
Leans to the field and scatters on the clover
Blossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray's edge That's the wise thrush4; he sings each song twice over,
15 Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture5!
And though the fields look rough with hoary6 dew,
All will be gay7 when noontide wakes anew
The buttercups, the little children's dower,
20 - Far brighter than this gaudy8 melon-flower!
4
6
a bird 5 a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
7 happy
8 showiness
white or silvery in color
144 words
Character’s Words
Meaning of Character’s Words
Character Trait
1. Oh, to be in England, now that April
is there,
He is away from England and it is
spring.
He is gloomy.
2. Far brighter than this gaudy
melon-flower!
The flowers in England are prettier
than those around him.
He is homesick.
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9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Periodic Review 2
Name __________________________
Character traits describe the personality of a character in literature.
Dramatic monologue is a long speech by one character who is speaking to a silent character or audience.
Determine character traits by using dramatic monologue.
Character Traits
Step #1: Carefully read the dramatic monologue. (on following page)
Step #2: Read the character’s words and the meaning of the character’s words.
Step #3: Identify the words or phrases that imply a character trait. (underline)
arrogant, controlling, cynical,
gloomy, insignificant, possessive,
stubborn, prideful, appreciative,
self-destructive, etc.
Hint: What are the character’s feelings and thoughts?
Step #4: Determine the character trait by using dramatic monologue. (write)
Dramatic Monologue: from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Well, so be it, I am a pig, but she is a lady! I have the semblance of a beast, but Katerina Ivanovna, my spouse is a person of education and an
officer’s daughter. Granted, granted, I am a scoundrel, but she is a woman of a noble heart, full of sentiments, refined by education. And yet … oh, if only
she felt for me! Honoured sir, honoured sir, you know every man ought to have at least one place where people feel for him!! But Katerina Ivanovna, though
she is magnanimous, she is unjust.… And yet, although I realise that when she pulls my hair she only does it out of pity—for I repeat without being
ashamed, she pulls my hair, young man, but, my God, if she would but once.… But no, no! It’s all in vain and it’s no use talking! No use talking! For more
than once, my wish did come true and more than once she has felt for me but … such is my fate and I am a beast by nature! Do you know, sir, do you know,
I have sold her very stockings for drink? Not her shoes—that would be more or less in the order of things, but her stockings, her stockings I have sold for
drink! Her mohair shawl I sold for drink, a present to her long ago, her own property, not mine; and we live in a cold room and she caught cold this winter
and has begun coughing and spitting blood too. We have three little children and Katerina Ivanovna is at work from morning till night; she is scrubbing and
cleaning and washing the children, for she’s been used to cleanliness from a child. But her chest is weak and she has a tendency to consumption and I feel
it! Do you suppose I don’t feel it? And the more I drink the more I feel it. That’s why I drink too. I try to find sympathy and feeling in drink.… I drink so that I
may suffer twice as much!
347 words
Character’s Words
Meaning of Character’s Words
1. I am a pig, but she is a lady! but …my spouse
is a person of education and an officer’s
daughter. Granted, granted, I am a scoundrel,
but she is a woman of a noble heart, full of
sentiments, refined by education.
He thinks he is not a good man
but his wife is an amazing women
who is refined and educated.
He is insignificant.
2. That’s why I drink too. I try to find sympathy
and feeling in drink… I drink so that I may suffer
twice as much!
He feels he deserved punishment
for being so low.
He is self-destructive.
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Character Trait
9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Periodic Review 3
Name __________________________
Character traits describe the personality of a character in literature.
Dramatic monologue is a long speech by one character who is speaking to a
silent character or audience.
Character Traits
Determine character traits by using dramatic monologue.
Step #1: Carefully read the dramatic monologue. (on following page)
Step #2: Read the character’s words and the meaning of the character’s words.
Step #3: Identify the words or phrases that imply a character trait. (underline)
Hint: What are the character’s feelings and thoughts?
arrogant, controlling, cynical,
gloomy, insignificant, possessive,
stubborn, prideful, appreciative,
self-destructive, etc.
Step #4: Determine the character trait by using dramatic monologue. (write)
Dramatic Monologue: from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
She abandoned them under a delusion, picturing me a hero of romance, and expecting unlimited indulgences, from my
chivalrous1 devotion. I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately2 has she persisted in forming a
fabulous notion of my character and acting on the false impressions she cherished. But at last I think she begins to know me:
I don’t perceive the silly smiles and grimaces that provoked me at first; and the senseless incapability of discerning that was
earnest when I gave her my opinion of her infatuation and herself. It was a marvelous effort of perspicacity3 to discover that I
did not love her. 5 I believed, at one time, no lessons could teach her that! And yet it is poorly learnt; for this morning she
announced, as a piece of falling intelligence, that I actually succeeded in making her hate me! A positive labour of Hercules, I
assure you! If it be achieved, I have cause to return thanks. …But I don’t care who knows that the passion was wholly on one
side: and I never told her a lie about it. She cannot accuse me of showing one bit of deceitful softness. 10 The first thing she
saw me do, on coming out of the Grange, was to hang up her little dog; and when she pleaded for it, the first words I uttered
were a wish that I had the hanging of every being belonging to her, except one: possibly she took that exception to herself.
1being polite and honorable towards women
2 stubbornly
3 ability to make a wise judgment
293 words
Character’s Words
1. I can hardly regard her in the light of
a rational creature…
2. She cannot accuse me of showing
one bit of deceitful softness.
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Meaning of Character’s Words
He thought she was not very smart because
she created a false impression of him.
He has always been honest about not
loving her.
Character Trait
He is unemotional and
indifferent.
He is honest but mean.
9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Character traits describe the personality
of a character in literature.
Back to Concept
Development
Back to Skill
Development
• arrogant – proud or self-important
• controlling – force someone to do what you want
Back to Closure
• caring – to show interest or concern
• cynical – unwilling to believe that people are good
Back to Independent
Practice
• gloomy – believing things will not improve
• insignificant – of no importance or value
• possessive – unwilling to share with others
• stubborn – refusing to move or change one’s opinion
• self-destructive – tending to harm or hurt oneself
• unemotional – not showing your feelings
• honest – always tell the truth
• mean – unkind
• appreciative – feeling of gratitude
• prideful – joyful and proud
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Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Back to Concept
Development
Back to Skill
Development
The poem is set during the late Italian Renaissance. The speaker (presumably the
Duke of Ferrara) is giving the emissary of his prospective second wife a tour of
the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of a woman,
explaining that it is a portrait of his late wife; he invites his guest to sit and look at
the painting. As they look at the portrait of the late Duchess, the Duke describes
her happy, cheerful and flirtatious nature, which had displeased him. He says,
"She had a heart -- how shall I say? -- too soon made glad..." He goes on to say
that his complaint of her was that "'twas not her husband's presence only" that
made her happy. Eventually, "I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together."
He now keeps her painting hidden behind a curtain that only he is allowed to draw
back, meaning that now she only smiles for him. The Duke then resumes an
earlier conversation regarding wedding arrangements, and in passing points out
another work of art, a bronze statue of Neptune taming a sea-horse.
In an interview, Browning said, "I meant that the commands were that she should
be put to death . . . Or he might have had her shut up in a convent." [3]
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Back to Closure
Back to Independent
Practice
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Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
EDI – Cognitive, Teaching and English Learners Strategies
Learning Objective : Today, we will determine character traits by using dramatic monologue.
Cognitive Strategies
Teaching Strategies
Elaboration
Demonstration
Targeted vocabulary: determine, character traits, dramatic monologue, silent character/audience, implied, drop names, countenance, earnest, durst,
officious, trifling, forsooth, munificence, dowry, avowed, flak, turret.
Language Strategies
Vocabulary Words
Academic
determine
Content
character traits, dramatic monologue, silent character/audience, implied.
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countenance, earnest, durst, officious, trifling, forsooth, munificence, dowry, avowed, flak, turret
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earnest (sincere), durst (dare), flak (bullet or shells)
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determine, character traits, dramatic monologue, implied.
countenance, officious, trifling, forsooth, munificence, dowry, avowed, turret
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9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
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9th-10th Grade Literary Analysis 3.4 (1Q)
Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in
narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.