 Adjective: answer the question what kind? Which one? How many? Or how much?  Adverbs: answer the question where? When? How often? In what way? Or to what extent?

 Character traits: a character’s personality, values, likes, and dislikes  Allusions: references to features of a culture— for example, to literature and history—that writers expect their readers to recognize  Subordinate Characters: add depth and complication to the plot  Motivation: is what drives a character’s actions; it explains behavior and reveals personality

 Flat Character: only has one or two character traits  Round Character: a figure who has several sides to his/her personality  Dynamic Character: a character that grows or changes (usually change of attitude or behavior)  Static Character: character that doesn’t progress or change; at the end of the story they are unchanged

 Inference: an educated guess based on clues in the text, such as a character’s actions and words