Dynamic and Static Characters

Joe never worked hard in school. One year, he realized that his favorite cousin, who he always looked up to, was 22 and still living in his parents house, going to high school parties. Joe got his life on track and started getting straight A's. Joe's COUSIN is a...

• Static character

• Dynamic character

TRUE OR FALSE? 
The protagonist of a story is usually also a dynamic character.

• True

• False 

This character is important to the story, but they stay angry and seething the entire time, what kind of character are they?

• flat

• dynamic

• static

• villian

TRUE OR FALSE? 
A character in a story broke his leg, which makes him a dynamic character. 

• True

• False

A character that changes over the story is called...

• static

• dynamic

• antagonist

• flat

A character that does not change traits throughout a story is called...

In the Lion King, Simba is our main character and it follows his struggles and changes throughout his destiny to become king. Simba would be considered...

• antagonist/flat/static

• protagonist/round/static

• antagonist/static/dynamic

• protagonist/round/dynamic

In the Lion King, Scar provides obstacles for Simba (the main character) and we learn many traits about him. Scar does not change his personality at all from beginning to end. Scar would be considered...

• antagonist/static/flat

• antagonist/static/round

• protagonist/static/round

• protagonist/dynamic/flat

In the story Fox, Magpie is the only character that changes traits in the story. This makes her...

• protagonist/round/dynamic

• antagonist/round/dynamic

• flat/round/static

• dynamic/antagonist/flat

A character who changes significantly.

• round

• flat

• static

• dynamic