Characterization & Character Types Check for Understanding

The main character in a story

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Static Character

• S

The character or force that the protagonist must overcome. A protagonist may face more than one antagonist and sometimes the antagonist is him/herself.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Flat Character

• Static Character

Complex and multidimensional characters, like real people.

• Static Character

• Round Character

• Stock Character

• Dynamic Character

Characters that change in an important way because of the events in a story.

• Static Character

• Round Character

• Stock Character

• Dynamic Character

One dimensional and superficial characters; they can be described in a single sentence.

• Flat Character

• Static Character

• Dynamic Character

• Round Character

Characters that do not change much or at all during a story.

• Dynamic Character

• Round Character

• Static Character

• Flat Character

Characters that are predictable stereotypes of people.

• Stock Character

• Protagonist

• Dynamic Character

• Flat Character

Indirect Characterization is when a writer shows, rather than tells, what a character is like. The author can show this through . . . What is the acronym S.T.E.A.L stand for? (In your response, you can say: S stands for ____, T stands for ____, etc.)

Name a ROUND character from your novel (The House of Scorpion, The Hunger Games, or The Hobbit)

Name a STATIC character from your novel (The House of Scorpion, The Hunger Games, or The Hobbit)