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Character Motivation

Character motivation is the ______________________________________________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________________________________________. Character
motivation may external, internal, or both.

Internal motivation comes from a External motivation comes from


persons emotions like fear or anger. For outside situations that a person faces.
example, Tony was frustrated that his For example, When Carlas mom
baseball team lost, so he argued with his explained that good grades could get her
teammates. a scholarship, Carla started working
harder in school.

A characters motivation might be a combination of internal and external causes. The writer might state a
characters motivation directly, but more often, the reader has to figure it out from clues.
Action Motivation
Brianna brushed past her best friend and Brianna was angry because her friend told a
stormed out of the cafeteria. secret she swore she wouldnt tell.

Scott quit the swim team.

Lucys father lost his job.

Josh was thrilled that he got an A on his history


exam.

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