| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Characterization | Presentation of a character of characters on the stage or in writing, espically by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches. |
| Major Characters | Almost always round three-dimensional characters. They have good and bad qualities. Their goals, ambitions, and values change. A character who changes inside as a result of what happens to him is referred to in literature as a DYNAMIC character. A dynamic character grows or progresses to a higher level of understanding in the course of the story. |
| Protagonist | The main character in the story. |
| Antagonist | The character or force that opposes the protagonist. |
| Foil | A character who provides a contrast to the protagonist |
| Minor Characters | Almost always flat or two-dimensional characters. They are usually all good or all bad. Such characters lack depth. Flat characters are sometimes referred to as STATIC characters because they do not change in the course of the story. |
| Point of View | The perspective from which story is told. |
| First Person | The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she said sees and is told by other characters. He can't tell is thoughts of other characters. |
| Third-Person objective | The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can't tell us the thoughts of the characters. |
| Third-person limited | The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters |
| Omniscient | The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can either enter the minds of more than one characters. |
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