Protagonist
The main character
Antagonist
Opposes the protagonist
Coming-of-age story
Characters maturing
Bildungsroman
Character’s maturation
Epiphany
A character’s moment of realization
Round Characters
Fleshed out characters
Flat Characters
Very Simple characters
Foil
A flat character’s traits illuminate those of the protagonist
Stock Characters
A type of flat character based on a stereotype
Direct Characterization
A narrators tells the reader who a character is
Indirect Characterization
An author shows rather than tell us what a character is like