WRIT 045 What a Character

unlikely

In "The Birthday Party", would the wife be likely or unlikely to say "Husband, I don't know what came over you in there. You have never been like that before."

likely

In "The Birthday Party", would the wife be likely or unlikely to say "Husband, I try to be so sensitive to your needs; just tell me what you want."

dialogue

In "The Birthday Party," what is conspicuously missing in this story?

false

T/F - In "The Birthday Party," the couple was eating in an expensive restaurant.

anger

The only specific emotion attributed directly to a character in The Prodigal Son was __________.

prodigal

wastefully extravagant

consistent

Characters need to be ____________ to be believable.

unlikely

In "The Birthday Party", would the husband be likely or unlikely to say "Wife, I've told you I don't like to be embarrassed in public. But forget it; let's go home and put on the music and dance."

likely

In "The Birthday Party", would the husband be likely or unlikely to say "Wife, I've told you a thousand times I don't like to have things like that done in public. Why can't you ever learn?"

unlikely

In "The Birthday Party", would the husband be likely or unlikely to say "Wife, that was stupid, but I love you anyway. You're always doing nice things for me."

likely

In "The Birthday Party", would the husband be likely or unlikely to say "Wife, way to ruin another birthday."

likely

In "The Birthday Party", would the husband be likely or unlikely to say "Wife, why don't you ever think of anybody by yourself?"

likely

In "The Birthday Party", would the wife be likely or unlikely to say "Husband, I was just trying to make you happy. I'm always trying to make you happy."

unlikely

In "The Birthday Party", would the wife be likely or unlikely to say "Husband, if you ever say anything like that to me, I will leave you."

unlikely

In "The Birthday Party", would the wife be likely or unlikely to say "Husband, you are a real jerk."

the occasion

In "The Birthday Party," what kind of judgment does the observer make about the woman's hat? - she wore this particular hat because of _____ __________

both

In "The Birthday Party," which character would most likely make this statement: "Why do you always do this kind of thing to me?" - the wife - the husband - both

have a party

In The Prodigal Son, the older brother was angry that he couldn't _______ ___ ________.

servant

In The Prodigal Son, the story implies that the younger son was hoping that he could become his father's ____________.

all of them

In The Prodigal Son, which of the three characters have control over the future of the family? - the father - the younger son - the older son - all of them

personality (and inner qualities and faults)

In a character sketch, you write the main traits about your characters - physical traits aren't as important as ____________.

insight

In the Prodigal Son, the phrase, "when he came to himself" (verse 17) is stated when the son first started to gain ____________.

false

T/F - In "The Birthday Party," it appears the woman was shocked by his new behavior.

false

T/F - In "The Birthday Party," the husband was such a jerk that he didn't care what anybody thought about his reproving his wife in public.

true

T/F - In "The Birthday Party," the observer clearly sides with the woman.

false

T/F - In "The Birthday Party," the wife was clearly a more outgoing type than the husband.

true

T/F - In "The Birthday Party," we aren't told how much attention the couple paid one another during dinner, but there's a clue that they paid very little attention.

false

T/F - In The Prodigal Son, an indication that the younger son hadn't really learned his lesson yet is that he came back and asked his father for more inheritance.

true

T/F - In The Prodigal Son, there is evidence that the younger son's behavior plus an unpredictable event brought on his downfall.

the woman was wearing her "best hat"

The observer makes judgments about the couple. Which of the following observations would be one the observer could not actually know without asking the couple? - the woman was shy - the woman was wearing her "best hat" - the man was "embarrassed" - the man's remark was "punishing" - the woman was crying "heartbrokenly"

character sketch

a outline of the traits of a character that helps keep the character consistent throughout the story