Students complete nine sentences about dialogue formatting — comma placement before closing quotes, starting a new paragraph for each speaker, and what character traits describe about personality. The matching activity connects brave, curious, kind, and stubborn characters to the specific behaviors that reveal each trait: facing danger, asking questions, helping strangers, and refusing to change.
Linking character traits to actions reinforces that characterization works through behavior, not just labels.
Style:
Narrative Writing
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A comma goes before the closing quotation mark when a dialogue tag follows.
2. A new paragraph begins each time a different character speaks.
3. Character traits are words that describe a character's personality .
4. A character who is generous likes to share with others.
5. The dialogue tag tells the reader who is speaking.
6. Authors show character traits through actions, words, and thoughts .
7. An exclamation mark inside quotation marks shows strong emotion .
8. A question asked by a character ends with a question mark inside the quotes.
9. Giving a character a flaw or weakness makes the story more realistic .
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Brave character
→ Faces danger without giving up
Refuses to change their mind
Curious character
→ Asks many questions about everything
Helps a stranger in need
Kind character
→ Helps a stranger in need
Asks many questions about everything
Stubborn character
→ Refuses to change their mind
Faces danger without giving up
Narrative Writing
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A comma goes before the closing quotation mark when a dialogue tag follows.
2) A new paragraph begins each time a different character speaks.
3) Character traits are words that describe a character's personality .
4) A character who is generous likes to share with others.
5) The dialogue tag tells the reader who is speaking.
6) Authors show character traits through actions, words, and thoughts .
7) An exclamation mark inside quotation marks shows strong emotion .
8) A question asked by a character ends with a question mark inside the quotes.
9) Giving a character a flaw or weakness makes the story more realistic .
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Brave character
→ Faces danger without giving up
Refuses to change their mind
Curious character
→ Asks many questions about everything
Helps a stranger in need
Kind character
→ Helps a stranger in need
Asks many questions about everything
Stubborn character
→ Refuses to change their mind
Faces danger without giving up
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