1. Unit 2 Vocabulary

2. 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

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

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

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

6. 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

7. 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