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Unit 2 Quest 1
Short Stories
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inferences | educated guess about information or ideas that are not directly stated. |
| What are inference charts used for? | to track your thinking as you read. |
| What does an inference chart look like? | Detail->Question/Experience->Inference |
| Conflict | a struggle between opposing forces. |
| external conflict | a character clashes with an outside force—for example, another character, society, or nature. |
| internal conflict | a character grapples with his or her own opposing feelings, beliefs, needs, or desires. |
| Resolution | the end of the story |
| What can you also use to make inferences? | you can also use your own prior knowledge and experience to make inferences. |
| Irony | it is the difference between what is expected and what actually happens. |
| situational irony | something happens in the story that contradicts the expectations of a character or the reader. |