Dynamic vs Static Round vs Flat Characters This scale measures how much we the reader knows about a characters background information Round Characters Welldeveloped characters Demonstrate varied traits ID: 642319
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Classifying Characters
Round vs. Flat
Dynamic vs. StaticSlide2
Round vs. Flat Characters
This scale measures how much we (the reader) knows about a character’s background informationSlide3
Round Characters
Well-developed characters
Demonstrate varied traits
Sometimes even contradictory
Show their character motivations
Flaws & quirksThe hero & sometimes the villains
Only reveal one or two main traits These traits don’t change or evolveVery boringFairly unrealisticOne-dimensionalNever learn their character motivationsSidekicks, henchmen, animal buddies
Flat CharactersSlide4
Practice: Round or Flat?
Elsa (
Frozen
)
Zazu
(Lion King)Dragon (Shrek)Scar (Lion King
)Mulan (Mulan)RoundFlatFlatRoundRoundSlide5
Dynamic vs. Static Characters
This scale measures how much a character changes or grows throughout a novelSlide6
Dynamic Characters
Events in the novel influence the character
Undergoes a personality change
Grows as a person
Learns a lesson
Heroes, sometimes villains
Events in the novel have no influence over the characterDo not grow or change in any wayVery boring & unrealisticSidekicks, animal buddies, sometimes villains
Static CharactersSlide7
Practice: Dynamic or Static?
Mad Hatter (
Alice in Wonderland
)
Boo (
Monsters, Inc.)Li Shang (Mulan)Marlin (Finding Nemo)
Mother Gothel (Tangled)StaticStaticDynamicDynamicStaticSlide8
Use both scales!
Medea
Heracles
Don Quixote
Sancho
PanzaFristonSaid Mahran
Round; DynamicRound; StaticRound; StaticFlat; StaticFlat; StaticRound; Static