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Character Traits and Attributes

 

How can we know more about  the traits and attributes of a Character?

Traits- ingrained qualities of a person's character and temperament (i.e. honest, cantankerous, helpful, selfish, etc.)

Attribute - usually one of a number of characteristics, such as size, shape, color, voice, etc.  (e.g.  tall, skinny, robust, blonde, soft, loud)

 

                           Words- What do they say?

                           Actions- What do they do?

                                Appearance- What do they look like (resemble)?

                           Thoughts- What do they think?

                           Treatment by others- What do others think?

 

 

Características y Atributos de Personajes

 

Como sabemos mas sobre las características y atributos de un personaje?

Características -  cualidades  arraigado del carácter y  temperamento de una persona (ej. honesto, gruñón , servicial, egoísta)

Atributos - usualmente  características como tamaño, forma, color, voz, etc. (ej. alto, flaco, robusto, rubia, suave, fuerte)

                                                Palabras- Que dicen?

                                                Pensamientos- Que piensan?

                                                Acciones- Que hacen?

                                                Apariencia- Como lucen?

                              Trato por otros- Que piensan otros?

 

 

Character Traits

Characters (and real-life people) have unique attributes called traits. Use the following list of character traits as a guideline when writing book reports and essays about the different characters you've read about. Don't stop with this list, though; you can probably think of many more terms our characters.