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I will be able to use my knowledge of STEAL and identify evidence for each part.
I will be able to explain how my evidence show a character trait
I will be able to use a PETER paragraph to explain character traits
Question 1
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Look at the extract below. Is this direct or indirect characterization? Explain your point in two sentences

—but I guess my own looks aren't so bad. I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have. My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut. Besides, I look better with long hair.

Question 2
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Ponyboy describes his family. Which part of STEAL is he using and what do we learn about his family (traits)

I don't mean I do things like that. Darry would kill me if I got into trouble with the police. Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave. So Soda and I stay out of trouble as much as we can, and we're careful not to get caught when we can't. I only mean that most greasers do things like that, just like we wear our hair long and dress in blue jeans and T-shirts, or leave our
shirttails out and wear leather jackets and tennis shoes or boots. I'm not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that's just the way things are.

Question 3
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Ponyboy talks about Darry. Which parts of STEAL is he using and what do learn about Darren (what traits).

I was dizzy enough anyway. I could tell it was Darry though—partly because of the voice and partly because Darry's always rough with me without meaning to be.
"I'm okay. Quit shaking me, Darry, I'm okay."
He stopped instantly. "I'm sorry."
He wasn't really. Darry isn't ever sorry for anything he does. It seems funny to me that he should look just exactly like my father and act exactly the opposite from him. My father was only forty when he died and he looked twenty-five and a lot of people thought Darry and Dad were brothers instead of father and son. But they only looked alike—my father was never rough with anyone without meaning to be.
Darry is six-feet-two, and broad-shouldered and muscular. He has dark-brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back—just like Dad's—but Darry's eyes are his own. He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice. They've got a determined set to them, like the rest of him. He looks older than twenty—tough, cool, and smart. He would be real handsome if his eyes weren't so cold. He doesn't understand anything that is not plain hard fact. But he uses his head.

Question 4
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Reread the extract above. Select ONE trait, find evidence and explain how your evidence support your trait

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Question 5
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What trait is this? Which part of STEAL is used?

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Question 6
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What do we learn about Darry and Ponyboy's relationship?
Which part of STEAL is this?

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Question 7
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What does this statement tell us about Ponyboy? What part of STEAL?

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Question 8
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Is direct or indirect characterization?

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Question 9
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What does this statement tell us about Ponyboy? Explain your statement

Question 10
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Select ONE trait, ONE character and write a PETER paragraph in your notebook. Use handout to check your work