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4. Definitions and Examples
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Types of Characters
Definitions and Examples
Characterization
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5. The two types of characterization

6. Direct and Indirect
A 100

7. Type of characterization when an author makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells us what the character is like.
A 200

8. Direct
A 200

9. There are ____ ways in which the author uses indirect characterization to tell us about a character.

10. 4
A 300

11. In what ways can the author show the reader about the characters?

12. Character’s physical description
Other character’s thoughts about that character
Character’s actions
Character’s thoughts and feelings
A 400

13. “I stared at his face because it was so devastatingly, so inhumanely, beautiful. I noticed that his eyes were coal black. His skin was pale and his copper hair shone like flecks of gold.”
In this passage, the author let the readers know about the character by showing the:
A 500

14. Character’s physical description

15. There are ____ main types of characters.
B 100

16. 6
B 100

17. What are the 6 main types of characters?
B 200

18. Protagonist, Antagonist, Flat, Round, Static, Dynamic
B 200

19. The type of character that does not change throughout the story.
B 300

20. Static Character
B 300

21. The hero or main character in a story
B 400

22. Protagonist
B 400

23. A character who possesses only one or two traits.
B 500

24. Flat Character
B 500

25. What are the 4 types of conflicts?

26. Character vs. Character
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Self
C 100

27. Give an example of character vs. character.

28. Answers vary.
C 200

29. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi being washed out of his hole because of a flood is an example of _____________ conflict.
C 300

30. Character vs. Nature
C 300

31. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
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C 400

32. Write an example of character vs. society conflict.

33. Answers vary.
C 400

34. This is an example of what type of conflict?
In the movie “The Goonies”, the little boy talks about how he regrets throwing fake vomit over the balcony in the movie theater.
This is an example of what type of conflict?
C 500

35. Character vs. Self
C 500

36. How many points are on the plot diagram pyramid?

37. 5- Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
D 100

38. What is included in the exposition of a story?

39. Introduction of the main character, character development, introduction of the setting, and introduction to the problem the character is facing.
D 200

40. What follows the rising action?
D 300

41. The climax
D 300

42. What is the climax of a story?
D 400

43. The main event, or breaking point, of a story
The main event, or breaking point, of a story. Normally, there is no more suspense after the climax.
D 400

44. Who is the plot diagram pyramid named after?

45. Freytag
D 500

46. What is an antagonist?
E 100

47. The character directly opposed to the main character.

48. “Lanie was a very impatient girl” is an example of what type of characterization?

49. Direct characterization

50. The way a piece of work makes the reader feel is the _____.

51. Mood.
E 300

52. Dorothy running from the tornado in “The Wizard of Oz” would be an example of what type of conflict?

53. Character vs. Nature
E 400

54. Give an example of a flat character.

55. Cinderella’s evil step-mother, Alice Cullen, Oscar the Grouch, etc…
Answers vary.
Cinderella’s evil step-mother, Alice Cullen, Oscar the Grouch, etc…
E 500

56. What is characterization?
F 100

57. How the author tells the reader about the character in the book.
F 100

58. What type of a character is Captain Hook?

59. Flat, Static, Antagonist

60. What happens after the climax of a story?

61. There is no more suspense
There is no more suspense. Falling action begins where characters start typing up “loose ends”.
F 300

62. The way the author feels about a piece of work is the ____.

63. Tone
F 400

64. Answers vary.
F 500

65. The Final Jeopardy Category is: Indirect characteriztion
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66. Write an example of indirect characterization using characters actions

67. Write an example of direct characterization.

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