8.4.1 Poetry: Characters

• The persona, or speaker, of a poem
• Other participants in a poem and what they do
• Adjectives that describe character behaviour and character traits

• identify the persona and other participants in a poem
• analyse the character of the speaker and the other participants in a poem
• acknowledge the importance of characters in literary appreciation

“How do we tell the behaviour of the characters in a poem?”

“What are some of the words we use to describe the behaviour of characters?”

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1. Who speaks, and who else is there?
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Identify the persona and the other participants in a poem about a visit to a museum.
2. Describing character traits
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Infer character traits from what characters do and say, and fill a character, behaviour and trait table.