Character

Question 1

Protagonist

Answer 1

The main character in a work; often a hero or heroine, but not always

Question 2

Antagonist

Answer 2

A character in the story or play who opposes the protagonist; while not necessarily an enemy, the antagonist creates or intensifies a conflict for the protagonist. A evil antagonist is a villain

Question 3

Epiphany

Answer 3

When the character has a life changing realization

Question 4

Round characters

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Flat characters

Answer 5

A character embodying only one or two traits and who lacks character development; also called a static character who mostly exists only to provide background or adequate motivation for a protagonists actions

Question 6

Stock characters

Answer 6

A type of flat character based on a stereotype; one who falls into an immediately recognizable category or type like “the town drunk” and thus resists unique characterization. Stock characters can be used for humor or satire

Question 7

Direct Charaterization

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Indirect characterization

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Character

Answer 9

A person depicted in a narrative

Question 10

Bildungsroman

Answer 10

A novel the explores the maturation of the protagonist, with the narrative usually moving the main character from childhood into adulthood. Also called a coming-of-age story