Characterization Vocabulary

2. / Helps to reveal by contrast the distinctive qualities in another character
6. / Process by which the writer reveals details about a character
8. / A protagonist who has the opposite of most traditional attributes of a hero
10. Action / Action by a character in a story that seems reasonable, given the motivations presented
13. Character / Embodies one or two qualities that can be described in a brief summary
14. / Author intervenes to describe the character for the reader

1. / Uniformity of events
3. Character / Undergoes some type of change because of the action in the plot
4. Action / Occurs when the reader is offered reasons for how the characters behave, what they say, and the decisions they make
5. Character / These characters embody a stereotype such as, "dumb blonde"
7. Literature / Characters are often alienated from themselves and their environment in an irrational world
9. Character / Complex characters that show internal conflicts that can be found in real people
11. / Allows the author to present a character talking and acting
12. Character / This character never changes throughout a piece of work