Compare Characters and Setting

“The Challenge” on page 100 and “Zlateh the Goat” both tell about a character who faces a conflict, or problem. Compare how the conflicts in these texts are affected by the characters and setting.

How It Works

Collect and Organize Story Elements To compare the conflicts, organize your ideas in a chart. Think about how the settings affect the conflicts. Also note how characters’ traits, actions, or motives affect the problem.

Practice Together

Compare the Effect of Setting and Characters Look at the information in the chart and then compare the information. State each conflict and then show how the setting affects it. Here is the beginning of a comparison between two texts.

Try It!

Copy and complete the chart. Compare how the characters affect the conflict in each selection. Use this frame to help you.

The characters in “The Challenge” and in “Zlateh the Goat” affect the conflict through their traits, actions, and motives. In “The Challenge,” _______. In “Zlateh the Goat,” _______.