Character Map

Name of Book __________________________________

Name of Author _________________________________

Think about a character you really liked or disliked.  Develop a map that shows what your think the character looked like, acted like (personality), did, said, made him/her interesting.

  1. What is this character's role in the story?

  2. Why is he/she important to the story?

  3. If this character was a real person, what did you know about him/her before you read the story?  Did the author make the story character match the real historical character? How/ how not?

  4. What did you like best about this person?  least?

  5. Did this person change over the course of the story?  How?

  6. How would this person be different is he/she was living today?

Use your map to write a descriptive paragraph about this character.

Do you need help describing your character?  Character Traits will help you out.