PPT-Character Types This lesson is about the different types of characters found in literature.

static and dynamic characters I will explain what each of these entail so that you can identify types of characters in stories that you read Introduction ProtagonistAntagonist It is easiest to think of the protagonist and antagonist characters as the good guy and the bad guy respectively. come alive for us while we. read. They live on the page. and in our hearts and. minds. We cannot forget. them. Yet they are fictional;. they don’t really exist.. Characters. . Be alert to characters in the same way you are when you meet someone. . These are the common types of characters we see in literature. .. Protagonist. Antagonist. Round . characters. Flat . characters. Dynamic . characters. Static . characters. Round Characters. 9. th. Grade. Dec. 1, 2011. Bellringer. Answer the question about the error in the passage. . My grandmother . says that its. fake, that there’s no way a human being can split wood with a bare foot. . #1 Direct Description by. the Author. Portions of narrated text reveal things about the characters in the story. What the author tells . us about the character is important. The witch to the right of Fudge leaned forward so that Harry saw her for the first time.. INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE IN ENGLISH. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. DEFINITION OF LITERATURE . IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE IN ENGLISH. KINDS OF LITERATURE . ELEMENTS OF THE STORY (FICTION). ELEMENTS OF THE PLAY (DRAMA). Fiction writers employ a variety of characters while weaving their stories. . PROTAGONIST. : the main character in a literary work. ANTAGONIST:. the main character or force that opposes the protagonist. in Literature. . Objectives. Learn . to recognize types of characters and the role they play while reading a given text – . character types exist besides the protagonist and antagonist. Apply this knowledge to enhance the effectiveness of your writing. Archetypes. While studying literature from around the world, researchers found that people who had NO contact with each other told stories that were similar. The basic elements of these stories are called . #1 Direct Description by. the Author. Portions of narrated text reveal things about the characters in the story. What the author tells . us about the character is important. The witch to the right of Fudge leaned forward so that Harry saw her for the first time.. Trait: a quality of mind or habit of behavior. Ex: self centered; sloppy; needy. Character traits help us to define and understand a character. Internal quality (ex. Selfishness) determines external behavior. Usually hero. Outer and inner problems. Antagonist. Sidekick. Servant. Pet. NPCs. Merchant. Trainer. Quest giver. Higher self. Threshold . guardian. Progress delayer. Trickster. Mischief maker. Herald. Why do we read?. Reading is one way to answer life’s Big Questions. Asking questions is our way of making sense of who we are, where we’re going, and how we fit in to the world around us.. Through reading, writing, and talking about literature we can explore the big questions in life and gain meaningful insights into our own lives and the world around us.. ELA Teachers. Introduction. This lesson is about the different types of characters found in literature. . The . different types I will cover in this lesson are the . protagonist and antagonist. .. . Regular expressions are made up of. Literal characters to match in the . string like “. abc. ”. Metacharacters . are characters that specify how we can interpret a sequence of literal . characters.