Character Flashcards

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Protagonist

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Main character often the hero.

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antagonist

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A character in a story or play who oppose the protagonist

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coming of age story

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A novel that explores the maturation of the protagonist, with the narrative usually moving the main character from childhood into adulthood. also bildungsroman

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Bildungsroman

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A novel that explores the maturation of the protagonist, with the narrative usually moving the main character from childhood into adulthood. also coming of age story

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epiphany

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usual sudden manifestation nor perception of the essential nature nature or meaning of something.

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round characters

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A character who exhibits a range of emotions and wo evolves over the course of the story.

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flat characters

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A character embodying only one or two traits and lacks character development.

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stock characters

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A type of flat character based n stereotypes; one who falls into an immediately.

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foil

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A contrasting character who allows the protagonist to stand out more directly.

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direct characterization

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Narrator tells the reader who a character is by describing the background, motivation, temperament, or appearance of a character.

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indirect characterization

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An author shows rather than tells us what a character is like through what the character says does or thinks or through or through what others say about the characters.

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