1. Literary Element: Characterization
Literature and Composition

2. Aim: What are the different types of characterization, and how are they all important in their own right?
Objectives:
To define the differences between static and dynamic characters.
To list direct and indirect characterization techniques          
Do Now: (Turn and talk to a partner) Create a list of the various characters in the first chapters of The Odyssey with a short description of each.

3. Characterization
Direct: The writer tells us directly what the character is like
Indirect: The writer shows things that reveal the personality of a character (five different methods of doing this)

4. Actions: What does the character do? How does the character behave?
Speech: what does the character say, and how does the character speak?
Thoughts: what is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings?
Effect: The effect of others toward the character? What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?
Actions: What does the character do? How does the character behave?
Looks: What does the character look like? How does the character dress?

5. Types of Characters
Flat/static: minor character who does not undergo changes; plays a supporting role
Round/dynamic: major character who encounters conflict and undergoes change because of it; fully developed
Stereotype/stock: characters based on common literary or social stereotypes
Foil: a character who contrasts with another (protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of that character

6. Protagonist Main character; often referred to as the “hero”
Not always the good guy– then, he’s known as the “anti-hero” Examples?
Always a round/dynamic character

7. Antagonist
The character opposed to the protagonist– often referred to as the “villain”
Not always a person– it could be an institution or an ideology