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short story

short story vocab and other stuf

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setting the time and place in which the events of a story novel or play occur
Protagonist An individual in a story- the central character ariund whom the main conflict revolve
antagonist In a literary work, a person or force in society who opposes the protagonist
Implied Theme Can be expressed as a general statement about life and is revealed graduated through such other literary elementssuch as plot, character, setting... ect
Stated theme Can be expressed as a general statement about life is directly or explicity announced in the text, usually at the end of the story.
Point of View The relationship of a narrator/story teller to thestory- first person point of veiw.
plot sequence of events in a narrative work.
dialect varation of standard language spoken by a group of people often within a particular fegion.
symbolism object a person, place or experence that represents something else, usually something abstract.
irony contrast between apperance and reality.
figrative language language used descripitve effect often inply ideas indirectly. although it may appear in all kids writing
simile a figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly unlike things
 

 



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