Character Development: how a character grows and changes throughout a literary text as a result of actions, interactions, dialogue, and experiences.

Students will use the resource to trace the development of a character. In each chapter/section of a literary text, the author works to develop the character through his or her actions, interactions, dialogue, and experiences. Students will identify quotations or experiences, through direct and indirect characterization techniques employed by the author, that will help them to trace the development of the character.

Theme: is the life lesson or the message about human nature the author conveys in the text

Students will use the resource to trace the development of a theme. In each chapter/section of a literary text, the author works to develop the theme through character actions, interactions, dialogue, and plot. Students will identify details or “wise words” that will help them to trace the development of the theme. "Wise words" refer to dialogue and interactions in the plot that move the development of the theme forward.