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Conflicts,Point of View, and Characterization

Conflicts,Point of View, and Characterization. An In-Depth Study. What are the types of conflict?. Conflict : a struggle between opposing forces. Conflicts can be internal or external Person v. Person Person v. Nature Person v. Self Person v. Animal Person v. The Supernatural

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Conflicts,Point of View, and Characterization

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  1. Conflicts,Point of View, and Characterization An In-Depth Study

  2. What are the types of conflict? Conflict: a struggle between opposing forces. Conflicts can be internal or external • Person v. Person • Person v. Nature • Person v. Self • Person v. Animal • Person v. The Supernatural • Person v. Technology/Machines • Person v. God/Religion

  3. Point of View • Narrator: The character or voice that is telling the story. This is NOT always the author. • First person POV: Uses “I” and “me” • Second person POV: Uses “You” • Third person POV: story is told using “he,” “she” or “they.” • Omniscient: Narrator is all-knowing and can see into the minds of the characters.

  4. Characterization • Characterization: the act of creating and developing a character. • Direct Characterization: the author directly tells you what a character is like • Indirect Characterization: You must figure out what the character is like from descriptions, actions, and speech

  5. What are some types of Characters? • Protagonist: the Main Character. • Antagonist: The character or force in conflict with the protagonist. • Major: A character who plays a large role in the outcome of a story. • Minor: A character who plays a small role in the outcome of a story.

  6. Four Ways to Classify Characters • 1. Round: character shows many different traits, like faults and virtues. • 2. Flat: we only know the character as one type of person—we only meet one side. • 3. Dynamic: grows and changes in some significant manner by the end of the story • 4. Static: changes little or none throughout the story

  7. How to Write about a Character • Well, there’s like this dude, and he like, said some stuff, and like, there was another dude, and they got into a fight, and like, then one dude died, and I think hunting was involved.

  8. The Survey Says:

  9. How to Write a Character Sketch • What is your first impression of the character? • What did you learn from the character from how he/she acts or speaks? • What do the other characters think or say about her/him? • How does the character behave or interact with the other characters? • At what point in the story do you see a change in the character? • The character’s name and appearance can be useful clues. • Do you find this character believable?

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