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L.A. short story
short story vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| protagonist | the main character of the story |
| antagonist | the character that creates conflict for the protagonist |
| foreshadowing | the clue the auther gives the reader about what will happen in the story |
| conflict | anything that causes problems within the story |
| external conflict | a conflict from the outside |
| internal conflict | a conflict within the character |
| setting | the place and time where the story is held |
| character | a person or a animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| dynamic character | the character that changes throughout the story |
| static character | the character that remains the same throughoutthe story |
| flat character | a chacter with not much of a role throughout the story |
| round character | a character that changes but always returns to there original state |
| indirect characterization | something that is not physicly said |
| derect characterization | something directly said |
| exposition | the part of the work that intoduces the characters, setting, and basic situation |
| rising action | the actions leading towards the climax |
| falling action | the action after the climax and before the resolution |
| climax | the high point of the action, the turning point of the story |
| denouement(resolution) | the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict |
| 1st person point of view | the point of view were the narroirater is the protagonist |
| 3rd person point of view | when the narrorater discibes the character as their, he, or she |
| 3rd person point of view limited | knowing everything about only one character |
| 3rd person point of view omniscient | all knowing |
| theme | the moral of the story |
| tone | the mood the auther sets |
| diction | the words used throughout the story |
| flashback | any kind of memory or any time you go back in time in liturature |
| epiphany | a sudden realization |
| symbol | anything that stands for something else |
| allusion | allude or makes a refference to some one famous or historicle |
| irony | the gap beatween expectation and reality |
| verbal irony | when some sais one thing but means something else |
| dramatic irony | when the reader knows something that character doesnt |
| situational irony | when the opposite happens of what the reader thinks will |
| imagery | when the words paint a picture that deals with your five sences |
| alliteration | its a repetative sound of a contanite throught a sentence or phrase |
| simile | the comparasin of two or more things useing like or as |
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