Character

Characterization: the way in which an author presents a character

Types of characterization:

Indirect: descriptions of a character through his actions, speech, thoughts, and appearance this also may be from other characters as well

Direct: when an author/narrator comes out directly and gives a characteristic of a character

Types of Character:

Protagonist: who the story is about
the character the conflict directly involves/affects
sometimes called the hero
every story will have a protagonist

Antagonist: the opposition of the protagonist
sometimes called the villain
not always in every story

Qualities of Characters:

Major: characters essential to the story

Minor: characters unessential to the story

Dynamic: a character who changes from the beginning of the story to the end; usually this is a character who is affected by the conflict

Static: a character who stays the same from the beginning of the story to the end; usually this is a character who is unaffected by the conflict

Flat: a character with only one or two characteristics
Round: a character with enough qualities to seem human

Setting:

• the time and place, and general background a story is set in
• time may be as general or as specific as possible
  hour, year, season, etc.
• place may be as general or as specific as possible
  room, country, street address
• background information is the time and place combined, and what the reader infers about the story

  for example, if the story is set in January at the North Pole, the reader assumes snow is on the ground without the author having to tell him