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**Character**
textual representation of a human being
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**Character**
actors, players, persons in a piece of literature.
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FACTUAL CHARACTERS
real life characters
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ICONIC CHARACTER
representation of a factual character
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FICTIONAL character
the creation of the author’s mind
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**Principality**
**the position or authority/ prominence of the role played**
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**Protagonist**
a character in a work of fiction whose intentions are the primary focus of a story
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**Antagonist**
a character (or sometimes an institution) against whom the protagonist(s) must fight
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**Personality**
the sum total of the physical, mental, emotional, and social characteristics of an individual
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**Flat characters**
The person whose personality remains the same throughout the story.
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**Round Character**
major characters in a work of fiction who encounter conflict and are changed by it
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**Development**
developing in his actions….changing one’s action because of a certain event that changes the person’s habit of doing something
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**Dynamic Character**
one who undergoes an important change in the course of the story
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**Static Character**
doesn’t undergo substantial emotional change or growth, remaining essentially the same in the end as he or she was at the beginning
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**Stock characters**
**Stereotype**
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**Stock characters**
a fictional character that relies heavily on cultural types or stereotypes for its personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics
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**Confidante**
someone in whom the central character confides, thus revealing the main character’s personality, thoughts, and intentions
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**Foil**
a character that is used to enhance another character through contrast
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**Characterization**
the process by which the author reveals the personality of the characters
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**types of characterization**
**Direct Characterization & Indirect Characterization**
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**Direct Characterization**
the author **tells** the reader what the personality of the character is
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**Indirect Characterization**
The author *shows* the reader things that reveal the personality of the character
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**S**peech
What does the character say? & How does the character speak?
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**T**houghts
What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings?
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**E**ffect on others
What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? & How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?
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**A**ctions
What does the character do? & How does the character behave?
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**L**ooks
What does the character look like? & How does the character dress?
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