What is the importance of making a main character for a story?

• To add more pages to the story

• To develop the plot

• To create a connection with the reader

• To introduce a new setting

What does it mean to make a main character rounded?

• They are not important to the story

• They are always passive

• They are only focused on one goal

• They have more than one characteristic

What does it mean for a main character to be dynamic?

• They will have a static personality

• They will develop or change through the story

• They will not change at all

• They will only appear in certain chapters

How can an author make the reader feel empathy for the main character?

• By avoiding any suffering or struggle for the character

• By keeping the character distant from the readers

• By making the character flawless and perfect

• By showing the character facing a common human challenge

What is the role of the main character in a story?

• To be unimportant to the plot

• To be the protagonist and take action

• To have a flat personality

• To be a passive observer

The protagonist will be constantly taking ​ (a)   and making ​ (b)   . They will not be ​ (c)   .

• action
• choices
• passive
• active
• mistakes
• flawed

Rounded means that they have more than one ​ (a)   .

• characteristic
• flaw
• love interest
• idea

Romeo and Mercutio. Label the characters.

a

b

Rounded Character

Flat Character

What makes you empathise with characters? (Feel an emotional connection.)

Why is it so important to create an interesting main character?