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Story Terms
Terms used in short stoires
Question | Answer |
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Commercial Fiction | Solely for entertainment |
Literary Fiction | Invokes thought |
Conflict | Clash of Actions |
Protagonist | "main character" |
Antagonist | Provides a conflict with the protagonist |
Artistic Unity | Everything is relevant to the plot |
Direct Presentation | Author tells us straight out what the character is like (indirect is shown through actions) |
Flat Characters | Can be summed up in a sentence or two |
Round Characters | Complex/three-dimensional |
Stock Characters | stereotyped flat characters, i.e.-the brilliant eccentric detective |
Static Character | Remains the same throughout the plot |
Dynamic Character | Undergoes a distinct change of character |
Theme | The controlling idea or central insight. Teaches you about life. |
Point of Views | Omniscient-narrator knows all Third person limited-third person but a viewpoint of a character First person- told from the eyes of the character Objective- Like a camera, can only tell what is going on, providing no insight |
Symbol | Means more than what is suggested on the surface |
Allegory | Second meaning beneath the surface, endowing a cluster of characters, objects, or events with added significance |
Fantasy | transcends reality |
Verbal Irony | opposite of the what the speaker intends to say, sarcasm is the biggest example |
Dramatic Irony | Contrast in what a character says, and what the reader knows to be true. |
Irony of a Situation | Discrepancy between appearance and reality/ or between what is and what would seem appropriate |
Sentimentality | Excessive Emotion |