Topic:

Round, Flat, Static & Dynamic Characters

Essential Question:

Who are different types of characters in a story?

Round

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What is a Round Character?

• Characters that are described in depth, with many details, are well-

rounded

characters. • The main character in a story is almost always Round.

• You feel like you know a Round character extremely well

Flat

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What is a Flat Character?

• Characters that are not described well • Readers are not given much information about them

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Round or Flat?

Cornell Notes Question:

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How can I tell if a character is round or flat?

• Write down characteristics of the character.

• If your list is long, with many characteristics, then the character is round. • If your list is short, not many characteristics at all, then the character is flat .

Internal Change

Cornell Notes Question: --What is internal change? • changes which occur within the character Examples: • a change in his/her personality • a change in his/her outlook on life, • a change in his/her values • overall change in the nature of the character.

Static

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What is a static character?

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Static

= not moving or changing • the character remains basically the same throughout the entire story. • The character does not undergo any

internal

changes (changed WITHIN themselves)

Dynamic

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What is a dynamic character?

• a character that undergoes an internal change sometime between the beginning and end of the story. • The change in the character is usually crucial (important) to the story itself.

Dynamic

EXAMPLE: • Say a main character goes through a life altering experience, such as a race car driver getting into an accident. If the driver's personality changes, and he is no longer willing to take on the risk of driving a race car, the character would be dynamic.

Static or Dynamic?

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Cornell Notes Question:

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How can I tell if a character is static or dynamic?

Ask these 3 questions:

1. How does the character feel about him/her/itself? 2. How does the character act towards others? 3. What is the character ’s goal? Have the answers to these questions changed from the beginning to end of the story?