Characters

Vocabulary for Novel Discussions

Multiple Choice

Why focus on analyzing and understanding characters? The main benefit is:

• fulfillment, entertainment

• understanding the author's pen name and purpose

• understand other story elements and message

Multiple Choice

Why focus on analyzing and understanding characters? The main benefit is:

• fulfillment, entertainment

• understanding the author's pen name and purpose

• understand other story elements and message

Multiple Choice

The protagonist is a secondary character.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The narrator is always the protagonist. The reader usually likes the narrator.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which seems more like a real person?

• flat character

• round character

Multiple Choice

Every reader will find the same characters sympathetic or unsympathetic.

• true

• false

Fill in the Blank

Static or dynamic?

This character doesn't learn anything during the course of the story.

Multiple Choice

Can a character in a story also be the narrator?

• yes

• no

Fill in the Blank

Not always the "villian" this term is used for the character or force that opposes or goes against the main character.