5.2 Lesson: Character

Review of  Characterization


Assignment


In this lesson, you will examine the characters in your chosen novel and complete a character profile for one of them.

As you read the novel, recall what you learned previously about characters and characterization:


  • A protagonist is the main character who is central to all the activity in the story. Consider what motivates the main character.
  • An antagonist is the main character or force which opposes the main character
  • Dynamic characters undergo significant changes in a story. 
  • Static characters do not change.



Characterization is the process that authors use to make the character seem "alive" to readers, is developed as the story progresses.

Characters have a combination of traits, suggested in their reaction to problems, to behavior, motives, and emotions. Characters are developed through their appearance, words, actions, thoughts, and the words and thoughts of other characters.




Show What You Know

Review your Reading Log to complete Sections 1, 2, and 3 in your downloaded assignment file for Lesson 2 .  Be sure to save your work.  


When you have completed all parts of Assignment 2,

  • be sure you have renamed your file (YOURNAME)la 8-5-2
  • upload the completed assignment into the 5.2 Assignment file on the next page.
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