Types of Characters/ Literary Devices

The main character of a literary work

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Flat Character

• Round Character

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A character or force against which another character, usually the main character or protagonist, struggles

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Flat Character

• Round Character

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A character whose personality can be described as having one or two personality traits and who does not change throughout the play

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Flat Character

• Round Character

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A complex character with many personality traits who changes or develops throughout the play

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Flat Character

• Round Character

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A character who does not undergo any type of inner change (personality/attitude) throughout the play

• Static Character

• Dynamic Character

• Foil Character

• Stock Character

A character who undergoes a type of inner change (personality/attitude) throughout the play

• Static Character

• Dynamic Character

• Foil Character

• Stock Character

A character who creates a contrast to a different character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character (good appears more "good" when evil is present)

• Static Character

• Dynamic Character

• Foil Character

• Stock Character

A recognizable character type that is found in many plays. Comedies have traditionally relied on such stock characters as the miserly father, the beautiful but naïve girl, the trickster servant

• Static Character

• Dynamic Character

• Foil Character

• Stock Character

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Motif

• Euphemism

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a story, picture, or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Allegory

• Euphemism

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5