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short story
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| setting | where and when it takes place |
| characters | whoever is in the story |
| protagonist | good guy |
| antagonist | bad guy |
| narrator | who tells the story |
| point of view | the perspective of the narrator |
| 1st person | the character is in the story I me my |
| 3rd person limited | not in the story only knows 1 character |
| 3rd person ominiscient | knows thoughts and feelings of more than 1 person |
| theme | the message |
| plot | the events that happen |
| exposition | beginning or introduction to the story |
| rising action | starting to rise |
| climax | everything is happening |
| falling action | everything is starting to end |
| resolution | how story is resolved |
| conflict | problem in story |
| Internal conflict | person vs self |
| External conflict | person vs society person vs nature person vs person |