| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Protagonist | The main character in the story |
| Antagonist | The character or force that opposes the protagonist |
| Foil | a character who provides a contrast to another character |
| 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 a story is told |
| First Person | the narrator is a character in the story and uses the first-person pronouns, such as I, me, and we |
| 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 enter the minds of more than one of the characters. |
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