Character Analysis Dialectical Journal



Character Analysis Dialectical Journal

Procedure:

In the left column

• Record evidence about a character that directly describes a character or indirectly by what the characters says, what the character does, what the character thinks, or the reactions of other characters.

• Use quotation marks around quotes and cite page numbers.

• Note the context of the quotation or detail from the text.

In the right column

• Based on the evidence, make an inference about the character (underlined).

• Write commentary that explains how and/or why the evidence leads to or supports the inference.

The following chart shows an example of a student journal. The student examples are based on the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst.

Doodle

|Evidence (Context and Concrete Detail) |Inference—Commentary |

|Context: Doodle’s brother has taken him to a beautiful place. |Sensitive, appreciative |

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|CD: “His eyes were round with wonder as he gazed about him, and |CM: Doodle reacts emotionally to the wonders of nature, moved to |

|his little hands began to stroke the rubber grass. Then he began |tears of joy at the beauty of simple things. He is attuned to |

|to cry” (Hurst 191). |nature and in awe of its beauty. |

|CT: To help pass the time, Doodle and his brother make up |Imaginative, dreamer |

|stories. | |

| |CM: Doodle’s fantasies reveal his vivid imagination as well as |

|CD: “My lies were scary, involved, and usually pointless, but |his desire to be able to move freely and easily. Through his |

|Doodle’s were twice as crazy. People in his stories all had wings|imagination he can escape the physical handicaps that hold him |

|and flew wherever they wanted to go” (Hurst 193). |down in real life. |

Dialectical Journal – Character Analysis

Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman

|Evidence (Context and Concrete Detail) |Inference—Commentary |

|Context (CT): (what was happening at the time of this CD) |Inference (I): (adjectives that describe the character in the CD-|

| |your opinion) |

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| |Commentary (CM): (explain how or why the CD leads you to the |

| |inference above) |

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|Concrete Detail (CD): (specific detail from the text, include | |

|author & page #) | |

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