Examine/Analyze character (AFB 2)

Introduction
• offer a short description who the person is – which
role does he/she play in the text?

• Ask/state whether the character is

good/bad/complex/one-dimensional etc. It’s a
transition to the main part.

Main part/body
• pick certain aspects that describe the person’s
character. You do not have to pick simple adjectives
but can summarize things. These are your character
traits.

• all of these character traits have to be supported by

some sort of evidence – if you write about a text or
a movie, refer concrete scenes and provide line
numbers.
It is quite apparent that Es ist offensichtlich,
dass
• lastly, an explanation is needed. Why does the This behaviour indicates Dieses Verhalten
evidence support the character trait? Can you add that weist darauf hin, dass
some information to the situation that shows that This reveals that Dies offenbart, dass
the character is shy/nice/evil etc.?
This trait becomes very Diese Eigenschaft
prominent when wird besonders
• structure your text with linking words such as deutlich, als
“furthermore”, “moreover”, “secondly”, “also”, The character is portrayed Der Charakter wird
“last but not least” etc. as als … dargestellt
The character undergoes a Der Charakter
• DON’T write “at first” (zunächst) or “at least” development durchläuft eine
Entwicklung
(mindestens)

• Always write a comma if you begin the sentence

with a linking word

• don’t just write “he…”, “he…”, “he…” – mix it up:

“he”/”the protagonist”/”the girl”/”*name of
character*”…

Conclusion

• if it fits the text, you could provide a short summary

of the most important points. It is not necessary in
detail, however.