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11 English
Short Story Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Characterization | the process of developing and portraying character |
| Foreshadowing | subtle hints about plot developments to come into the story |
| Contrast | when differences are described between 2 or more things, characters, objects, etc |
| First Person Narration | when the author writes using “I” providing only one character's understanding of events |
| Satire | sarcasm; witty language |
| Irony | a gap (or incongruity) between what a write says and what is generally understood |
| Tone | a writer’s attitude toward his readers and his subject (can be playful, ironic, sad, etc.) |
| Dynamic Character | when a character changes his/her attitude, viewpoint, etc. over the course of a story |
| Static Character | when a character doesn’t change at all over a story |
| Flat Character | we don’t get to know much about the character’s life |
| Round Character | we find out a lot about a character’s life |
| In Medias Res | Latin; in the middle of things |
| Mood | atmosphere or feeling created in reader by a literary passage |
| Personification | giving human character’s to an inanimate (non-living) object Ex. “trees danced” |
| Simile | a comparison between 2 objects using “like” or “as” Ex. “a sea is like the sky, vast and endless” |
| Metaphor | a comparison between 2 objects NOT using “like” or “as” Ex. “blanket of snow” “sea of skyscrapers” |
| Hyperbole | a deliberate & extreme exaggeration Ex. “I’m dying of hunger” |
| Magic Realism | style of fiction in which fantasy & fiction are casually combined producing humorous & thought-provoking results |
| Analogy | a comparison of like things |
| Pathos | when an author establishes feelings of sympathy for a character |
| Bathos | when the pathosis overworked or excessive |
| Syntax | the arrangement of words into sentences; includes sentence structure and sentence length |
| Colloquial Language | informal spoken language or conversation |
| Argumentative Essay | uses fact and logical arguments to appeal to reader’s sense of reason |
| Persuasive Essay | uses emotionally charged language to appeal to a reader’s feelings |
| Expository Essay | an essay which shares, explains, suggests or explores info, emotions and ideas |
| 🔼Deductive Reasoning | the process by which one starts with a general principle, applies it to a particular case and arrives at a conclusion that is true provided the principle is true |
| 🔽Inductive Reasoning | the process by which one collects many particular cases, finds out by experiment what is common to them all, and forms a general rule that is probably true of the whole class |
| Diction | author's choice of words |
| Incongruity | when the author places together things that don't seem to be connected |
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