Character Development/ Elements of a Story 9.12.11

Character Development:

     Character development is basically how an author “develops” (MAKES) a character.  They do this by listing the following:

·      Looks

·      Talent

·      Ambition

·      Secret

·      Bff

·      Worst enemy

·      What do they carry with them

·      Lost

·      Name

·      Act?

Tell about the character.

By listing these things, a reader gets a sense of how a character acts and who they truly are with out the author directly saying it.

Elements of a Story (uses to predict the plot and influences op. on character)

·      Plot: order of events that happen in the story. Kind of like the map of a story.

·      Setting: were a story takes place and or the era that the story is in.

·      Character: the people. Each one has its own personality; the people who make the story.

·      Conflict: the problem. The issue that the characters have to solve.

·      Theme: over al idea, moral or message.

NOTE: the author uses all these things and more to influence the opinion of character. The setting helps you imagine were you are for example; in summer I would like to read a novel that takes place in Florida; and in winter I would like to read a novel that takes place in New York.  The author makes you have an opinion on a character without directly telling you how to feel.