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Unit 2 Vocabulary

General story terms Internal conflict: Struggle that occurs within the mind of a character such as making a tough decision External conflict: Struggle that occurs between the character and an outside force

General story terms Character motivation: Motivation is the reason that explains a character’ s thoughts, feelings, actions or speech.

General story terms Protagonist: the main character of the story Antagonist: the character or force that opposes the main character

General story terms Flat character: A character who has only one personality trait Round character: A character who has many personality traits

General story terms Static character: A character who stays the same throughout a novel Dynamic character: A character who grows and changes throughout a novel

General story terms Direct characterization: When the author uses direct words to describe another character. The author come right out and tells you that the character is mean. Indirect characterization: When the reader must infer from a character’s actions his personality. The author has the character beat up a little kid to show you that he is mean