1. Characters

2. A character is a person (or a nonhuman that acts like a person) in a story. The main character is the person that the story is mainly about. A secondary character is a character that has a small or less important part in the story.

3. Characterization Characterization is the method used by the author to reveal the characters in a story. (This can be direct or indirect.)

4. Direct Characterization The author tells you what the character is like. For example: “Miss Alice was the nicest person you would ever want to meet.”

5. Indirect Characterization The author presents the character’s personality through what he/she says, his/her actions, or how other characters relate to him/her. You must then draw your own conclusions about the character. For example, “Look out for Stan,” she whispered to Bart. “He’s in another one of his moods. I’d stay far away if I were you.”

6. Protagonist A protagonist is the main character in a story. He/she is the person whom the action (conflict) centers around. He/she is usually seen as a good person or hero/heroine. He/she is usually round and dynamic.

7. Antagonist An antagonist is a character or force that holds the action back. The antagonist wants something in opposition to the protagonist. Usually seen as a bad person/force or villain.

8. Characters Characters can be static, dynamic, round, or flat, depending on whether they go through an important change, and whether they are simple or complex.

9. Character Type DefinitionExampleExplanation StaticA static character does not really change in the course of the story. The Big Bad Wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood” He is a “bad guy” at the beginning of the story, and remains bad throughout.

10. Character Type DefinitionExampleExplanation DynamicA dynamic character goes through a significant change by the end of the story. PinocchioBy the end of the story, he learns to behave and not to lie, and then changes into a real boy.

11. Character Type DefinitionExampleExplanation FlatA flat character is very basic, with only one or two main characteristics The Hare from “The Tortoise and the Hare” He is only shown as egotistical, concerned about himself and nothing else

12. Character Type DefinitionExampleExplanation RoundA round character has multiple characteristi cs and concerns. Round characters are more like real people. Robinson Crusoe He has many concerns and characteristi cs. In some ways he is admirable, and in other ways he is not