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Literary Devices

 Dynamic and Static Characters

Characters in stories may change as the events occur. Some change very little, but others are transformed over the course of the story.

***Static Characters** do not change in attitude or beliefs as the story happens. These characters may be weak and only support the story.

 ***Dynamic Characters** experience big changes throughout the plot of a story. It may occur slowly or suddenly, but the change is part of the foundation of the story. Persons in a story fall in a range, or **continuum**, from very static characters that experience no change, to very dynamic characters that may be totally transformed.