ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A ____ character changes; a ____ character stays the same.
A
round; flat
B
round; static
C
dynamic; static
D
flat; dynamic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dynamic characters are the opposite of static characters; while dynamic characters change throughout a story, static characters stay the same.

Detailed explanation-2: -A static character is one that doesn’t change throughout the telling of the story, whereas dynamic characters are the opposite – they undergo significant internal and/or external changes. By the end of the story, dynamic characters are very different from how they were at the start.

Detailed explanation-3: -A static character is a character who stays the same throughout the story. Often, secondary characters who play supporting roles in a story will be static characters, since the story doesn’t focus on them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Virtually every story has a mix of both static and dynamic characters, and most of those characters are static.

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