Quiz 2

Question 1

The individuals who participate in the action of a literary work

Answer 1

Characters

Question 2

Qualities or personality traits that characters exhibit. They may develop or change during the course of the narrative

Answer 2

Character Traits

Question 3

Reasons for a character’s behavior. Readers and viewers should ask themselves why a character behaves a certain way or chooses the course he or she does

Answer 3

Motivations

Question 4

Most important characters in a literary work. Generally, the plot of a short story focuses on one or two these, but a novel may have several of them

Answer 4

Main Characters

Question 5

Less prominent characters in a literary work. They support the plot. The story is not centered on them, but they help carry out the action of the story and help the reader learn more about the main characters

Answer 5

Minor Characters

Question 6

A character who undergoes important changes as a plot unfolds. The changes occur because of his or her actions and experiences in the story. The change is usually internal and may be either positive or negative.

Answer 6

Dynamic Characters

Question 7

A character who remains the same throughout the story. The character may experience events and have interactions with other characters, but he or she is not changed because of them.

Answer 7

Static Characters

Question 8

A character who is complex and highly developed, having a variety of traits and different sides to his or her personality. Some of the traits may create conflict in the character. These characters tend to display strengths, weaknesses and a full range of emotions

Answer 8

Round Characters

Question 9

A type of character who is not highly developed. It is one-sided; he or she usually has one outstanding trait, characteristic, or role. These types of characters exist mainly to advance the plot, and they display only the traits needed for their limited roles.

Answer 9

Flat Characters

Question 10

The way a writer creates and develops characters’ personalities

Answer 10

Characterization

Question 11

A character who provides a striking contrast to another character. By using this type of character, a writer can call attention to certain traits possessed by a main character or simply enhance a character by contrast.

Answer 11

Foil

Question 12

The character or voice that relates the story’s events to the reader

Answer 12

Narrator

Question 13

The method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of non-fiction.

Answer 13

Point of View

Question 14

The point of view where the narrator is a character in the story

Answer 14

First-Person Point of View

Question 15

The point of view where the narrative voice is outside the action, not one of the characters

Answer 15

Third-Person Point of View

Question 16

The point of view where the narrator tells what only one character thinks, feels, and observes

Answer 16

Third-Person Limited Point of View

Question 17

The point of view where the narrator sees into the mind of all the characters.

Answer 17

Third-Person Omniscient Point of View