ENGLISH A

Week 14
 TYPES OF CHARACTERS IN ESSAY WRITING
• PROTAGONIST
• Protagonist: the main character in
a story, and the person that the
story is usually written about. The
writer usually develops the plot
around the protagonist, for
instance with some problem that
needs solving.
• Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.
• Neo in The Matrix.
• Tony Stark in Iron Man.
• ANTAGONIST
• A person who is strongly
opposed to something or
someone: The antagonists in this
dispute are quite unwilling to
compromise.
• Scar in The Lion King.
• Hans Gruber in Die Hard.
• Captain Hook in Peter Pan.
FIRST PERSON NARRATIVES
• First person narrative is a point of view (who is telling a story) where the
story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be
speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is
experiencing. First person can be recognized by the use of I or we.
SECOND PERSON NARRATIVE
• Second-person narration is a little-used technique of narrative in which the
action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you.
• Literary fiction written in the second-person point of view is rare. This style is
unusual because the narrator tells the story to the reader using the personal
pronoun "you." The perspective suggests that the reader is the protagonist.
While it's not as common in literary works, it's very common in marketing
materials. Here's an example of a second-person narrative excerpt:

• You can make your own play dough at home by combining conditioner and
corn starch.
THIRD PERSON NARRATIVES
• In third-person narration, the narrator exists outside the events of the
story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names
or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.
• For example, 'Jason used his pocket money to buy himself comic books.
 ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
• What is drama?

• Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play,

opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.
• The elements are: plot, conflict, setting, imagery, Irony, character,
language, audience
PLOT
• The plot is the ordering or sequencing of events
CONFLICT

Traditionally, conflict is a major element of narrative or

dramatic structure that creates challenges in a story by
adding uncertainty as to whether the goal will be achieved.
In works of narrative, conflict is the challenge main
characters need to solve to achieve their goals.
SETTING
• Setting is the time or location in which the events are taking place.
IMAGERY
IRONY
CHARACTER
LANGUAGE
AUDIENCE
• audience: the people who watch the performance; those for whom the
performance is intended.
Activity
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCSGV1a2x1o

• After looking at the play identify the elements of drama.