Characters and Types of

Dialogue
Group 2
Objectives:
The class should be able to:
• Know and understand the different types of
1. characters and dialogues and their roles in a
drama

• Engage in a fun and exciting

2. way of learning

• Apply both aspects (characters and

3. dialogue) into a drama
Guessing
Game
Easy Round
3 Questions
I am inevitable .
Answer: Thanos in
Avengers EndGame
I killed Mufasa .
Answer: Scar in Lion King
“What if it’s not everything I dreamed it
would be?”
Answer: Rapunzel in Tangled
Hard Round
3 Questions
 Pero bakit kasalanan ko, parang kasalanan ko
[But why is it my fault, it seems like it’s my fault] .
 Answer: Bobbie Salazar
in Four Sisters in a Wedding
Expecto Patronum!
Answer: Harry Potter
in Harry Potter
“Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.”
Answer: Iron Man in
The Avengers
Bonus Round
2 Questions
“Jeongmin my friend!!”
-Aljara Lina
“Mission Collection!!”
-Jerome Landicho
Characters
 2 Kinds of Characters
1. Major Characters

2. Minor Characters
 1. Major Characters

● Most important characters in the story.

● Plays the primary role in the story’s action

2 Types of Major Characters:

PROTAGONIST
ANTAGONIST
 1. Major Characters

● Most important characters in the story.

● Plays the primary role in the story’s action

2 Types of Major Characters:

PROTAGONIST
ANTAGONIST
PROTAGONIST

• The main character

• They are not always a
hero (good one)
ANTAGONIST

• A character or group
of characters that
causes the conflict
for the protagonist
 2. Minor Characters

● The other characters in the story

● Helps in driving the story forward.

6 Types of Minor Characters

1.Foil 4. Flat
2.Static 5. Round
3.Dynamic 6. Stock
Foil
• A character that has
opposite character traits
from another
• Meant to help highlight or
bring out another’s
positive or negative side
Static

• Characters who do
not change
throughout the
story
 Dynamic
• The opposite of static,
for they change
throughout the story
• They may learn a
lesson, become bad or
change in complex
ways
Flat

• Has 1 or 2 main
traits
• Their traits are
usually all
positive or all
negative
Round

• Opposite of Flat
Characters

• Have many
different traits
Stock

• Stereotypical
characters

• Based on clichés
Types of Dialogue
 2 Types of Dialogue

1. Inner Dialogue

2. Outer Dialogue
1. Inner Dialogue

- Characters speak to themselves

and reveal their personalities
2. Outer Dialogue

● - Used when two people interact with each

other and talk about different kinds of topic
● - Is simply having a conversation with
another person.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
1. This character has many different traits.

2. These are the characters who do not change

throughout the story.

3. This character is responsible for causing

problems/conflicts within the story
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
4. It is used when two people interact with each
other and talk about different kinds of topic.

5. It is also called self-talk, inner speech, inner

discourse or internal discourse.
References:
● Character: Definitions and Examples. (2017, September 4). Retrieved
from https://literaryterms.net/character/
● Dialogue - Examples and Definition of Dialogue. (2017, October 24).
Retrieved from https://literarydevices.net/dialogue/
● Study.com. (2020). Character in Literature: Definition, Types &
Development - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com. [online]
Available at: https://study.com/academy/lesson/character-in-
literature-definition-types-development.html