What You Need to Know

Learn how characters in a story look, feel, and act.

Characters are the people or animals in a story

We learn about characters from what they say and do

Characters can be main or minor

Describing words help us understand a character

Key Vocabulary

a person, animal, or creature in a story

the most important character in the story

to say what something looks or feels like

an emotion a character might have, like happy or scared

Select the correct answer for each question. Click "Check Answer" to see if you are right.

Question 1

In a story, the character who the story is mostly about is called the ___.

main character plot setting author

Question 2

How can we learn about a character's feelings?

By looking at the page numbers By reading what they say and do By counting the words By reading the title only

Question 3

A story has a brave lion and a small mouse. The lion is the main character. What does that mean?

The lion is the author The mouse is not real The story is mostly about the lion The lion writes the story