Name: ____________________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________
Period: ________________
Dynamic characters are those who change over time, usually as a result of facing a major crisis or resolving a conflict. Static characters are those
whose personalities, attitudes, and looks do not evolve over the course of the story.
DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions regarding both types of characters. Record the chapter and page numbers.
1. Write the name of one
dynamic character.
2. How has this character changed over the course of the novel?
4. Write the names of
other dynamic
characters.
5. What makes these characters dynamic? Give examples of how each has changed
over the course of the story.
6. Write the names of
characters who are
static.
7. Give examples from the end of the story that demonstrate that these characters
have not changed.
3. Which events, conflict
resolutions, or crises helped
the character change?
8. Why is it important to
have some static characters
in a story?