Character :) Flashcards

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Protagonist :)

A

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

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Antagonist :)

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A character in a story or play who opposes the protagonist.

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Coming-of-age story :)

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Coming of age story is the same as a bildungsroman in the scenes that we are following the story of a persons life.

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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 for childhood to adulthood.

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Epiphany :)

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Ah ha moment

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Round characters :)

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A character who exhibits a range of emotions and who 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 who lacks character development.

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Stock Characters :)

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A type of flat character based on a stereotype.

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Direct Characterization :)

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A narrator tells the reader who a character is by describing their story.

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Indirect Characterization :)

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An author shows rather than tells us what a character is like through what a character says, does, or think.

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