WALTeR

Question 1

W

Answer 1

Words

• Dialogue
• What is said; What isn’t being said

Question 2

A

Answer 2

Actions

• What’s done; What isn’t being done

Question 3

L

Answer 3

Looks

• Appearance of characters

Question 4

T

Answer 4

Thoughts

• Character’s conscience

Question 5

eR

Answer 5

Responses

• Character responses to/from others

Question 6

What is the purpose of WALTeR?

Answer 6

To analyze characters

Question 7

What to think about when analyzing a story?

Answer 7

1. Setting (time, place, environment, is it friendly or not?)
2. Plot (story, in order, flashbacks, realism?)
3. Narrator (the characters or an omniscient narrator who knows it all?)
4. Conflict (internal or external?)
5. Style (how is it written?)
6. Theme (I. Topic, II. Author’s message about the topic)