People In Fiction

Question 0

A protagonist who is a non hero or the antithesis of a traditional hero; while the traditional hero may be dashing strong, brave, resourceful, or handsome, this one may be incompetent, unlucky, clumsy, dumb, ugly, or clownish

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Antihero

Question 1

The character against whom the protagonist struggles or contends

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Antagonist

Question 2

An original model or pattern from which other later copies are made, especially a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life

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Archetype

Question 3

An antihero who is a romanticized but wicked character; conventionally, the figure is a young and attractive male with a bad reputation

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Byronic hero

Question 4

An author or poets use of of description, dialogue, dialect, and action to create in the reader an emotional or intellectual reaction to a character or to make the character more vivid and realistic

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Characterization

Question 5

Characterizes someone by stating facts about them

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Direct characterization

Question 6

One whose personality changes or evolves over the course of a narrative

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Dynamic character

Question 7

A struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, such as another character or environment

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External conflict

Question 8

Character that is built around a single idea or quality

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Flat character

Question 9

The narrator speaks as “I” and is a character in the story who may or may not influence events within it

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First person point of view

Question 10

A character that serves b contrast to highlight or emphasize opposing traits in another character

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Foil

Question 11

Mental or emotional struggle in a character

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Internal conflict

Question 12

The psychological grounds for a character’s behavior

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Motivation

Question 13

The voice that speaks or tells a story

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Narrator

Question 14

The way a story gets told and who tells it; method of narration

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Point of view

Question 15

The main character of a work of fiction

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Protagonist

Question 16

Character that is complex in temperament and motivation

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Round character

Question 17

A simplified character who does not change or alter his or her personality over the course of a narrative

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Static character

Question 18

A character who is so ordinary or unoriginal that the character seems like an oversimplified representation of a type, gender, class, religious group, or occupation; also referred to as a stock character

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Stereotype

Question 19

When the narrator reports speech and action, but never comments in the thoughts of other characters

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Third person objective

Question 20

A story with a narrator who knows everything that needs to be known about the agents and events in the story and has access to the characters thoughts

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Third person omniscient

Question 21

Typically an admirable character who appears as the focus in a tragic play, but one who is undone by a tragic mistake, misconception, or flaw (hamartia)

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Tragic hero

Question 22

A narrator who describes events in the story, but seems to make obvious mistakes or misinterpretations that may be apparent to a careful reader

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Unreliable narrator

Question 23

A character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot

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Villain