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Warriors Don't Cry: Passage Annotation and Character Study of Melba Ask yourself these questions when trying to understand characterization:What does the character look like?How does the character behave towards others? How do others behave toward the character?What does the character seem to care about?What adjectives does the author use to describe the character's personality?What does the character think or say?Activity One: Directed Reading Using PromptsRead the prompt below and answer questions 1-3.Authors use direct and indirect characterization to create characters in works of literature. Through words and actions, a character can “come to life” for the reader. In the same way, nonfiction pieces also present characters so that readers are able to visualize these characters and their real-life experiences. In Melba Patillo Beals' Warriors Don’t Cry, Beals reveals significant events in her life in which she faced both internal and external conflicts. In a well-developed essay, discuss how Melba is characterized throughout the autobiography. Support your opinion with specific evidence from the text.What are the tasks of the prompt?Write_____________________________________________________discuss____________________________________________________provide____________________________________________________2. While you are reading the autobiography, what must you focus on in order to be able to write an essay addressing this prompt?3. What kind of evidence will provide support for your essay?Activity Two: Passage AnalysisDirections: Characterization is developed through words, actions, and descriptions. What does a character do, especially when facing a conflict? What does a character say? What do others say about him/her? As you read, highlight or mark lines that reveal the character of Melba. As you finish each passage, complete the activities that follow it.For each of the following passages: Summarize the passageWhat type of conflict does Melba deal with in this passage? Explain citing specific evidence from the passage.How does she deal with the conflict?Assertions about Melba based on the passage: Melba is:_________________________ (choose three characteristics of Melba)Excerpt 1 from Chapter 6, beginning, “'The community center'. . .when no one would hear me” (56-57)Excerpt 2 from Chapter 8, beginning, “Cameras flashed. . . for a new life” (88-90). Excerpt 3 from Chapter 9, beginning, “I was a bit on edge. . . I’d seen on TV” (93-94).Excerpt 4 from Chapter 17, beginning, “The white students . . . wounds or cry” (180-182).Excerpt 5 from Chapter 22, beginning, “As determined . . . be able to make it” (236-238). ................
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