Character+Sketch

= = **A strong character analysis will:** This post is on how to identify Characters can be: The introduction can start with a quote, a question, a few lines of dialogue, or a statement. If you are writing about “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” you might have a beginning sentence such as this one: Why would any little girl be wandering in the woods alone?
 * 1) identify the type of character . (A single character could be two or three types. See “There are different types of characters” below.)
 * 2) [|describe the character.]
 * 3) discuss the [|conflict in the story,] particularly in regards to the character’s place in it.
 * //protagonists (heroes),// The main character around whom most of the work revolves.
 * //antagonists,// The person who the protagonist is against. This is often the villain, but could be a force of nature, set of circumstances, an animal, etc.
 * //major,// These are the main characters. They dominate the story. Often there are only one or two major characters.
 * //minor,// These are the characters who help tell the major character’s tale by letting major characters interact and reveal their personalities, situations, stories. They are usually static (unchanging).
 * //dynamic// (changing), See below under “Look at specific things.”
 * //static// (unchanging),

[|Character Traits]







**Adjectives:**
=An **adjective** modifies a [|noun] or a [|pronoun] by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. = =In the following examples, the **highlighted** words are adjectives: = =<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">The **truck-shaped** balloon floated over the treetops.Mrs. Morrison papered her **kitchen** walls with **hideous** wall paper.The **small** boat foundered on the **wine dark** sea.The **coal** mines are **dark** and **dank**.**Many** stores have already begun to play **irritating** **Christmas**music.A **battered** **music** box sat on the **mahogany** sideboard.The back room was filled with **large**, **yellow** rain boots. = =<span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"> =

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