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Literary Terms
literary terms associated with short stories
Term | Definition |
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simile | |
Foreshadowing | |
Metaphor | |
Direct Characterization | |
Situational Irony | |
Setting | |
Irony | |
Suspense | the uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story |
Plot | |
Symbols | |
Verbal Irony | |
Theme | |
Internal conflict | When a character is fighting to control some inner problem |
Character | |
Imagery | |
Personification | |
Indirect Characterization | |
Dramatic Irony | |
External Conflict | When a character is struggling against something outside himself or herself |
Unreliable Narrator |