Character :) Flashcards
Protagonist :)
The main character in a work; often a hero or heroine, but not always.
Antagonist :)
A character in a story or play who opposes the protagonist.
Coming-of-age story :)
Coming of age story is the same as a bildungsroman in the scenes that we are following the story of a persons life.
Bildungsroman :)
A novel that explores the maturation of the protagonist , with the narrative usually moving the main character for childhood to adulthood.
Epiphany :)
Ah ha moment
Round characters :)
A character who exhibits a range of emotions and who evolves over the course of the story.
Flat Characters :)
A character embodying only one or two traits and who lacks character development.
Stock Characters :)
A type of flat character based on a stereotype.
Direct Characterization :)
A narrator tells the reader who a character is by describing their story.
Indirect Characterization :)
An author shows rather than tells us what a character is like through what a character says, does, or think.