Character

Question 1

protagonist

Answer 1

the main character in a work

Question 2

antagonist

Answer 2

character in a story or play who opposes the protagonist

Question 3

bildungsroman

Answer 3

a novel that explores the maturation of the protagonist, with the narrative usually moving the main character from childhood into adulthood

Question 4

epiphany

Answer 4

understanding of reality

Question 5

round characters

Answer 5

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

Question 6

flat characters

Answer 6

a character embodying only one or two traits and who lacks character development

Question 7

stock characters

Answer 7

a type of flat character based on a stereotype

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

direct characterization

Answer 9

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