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Unit 1 Literary Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Short Story | A brief work of fiction intended to be read in a single setting |
| Characters | People or the animals who take a part in the action |
| Traits | A character's qualities, attitudes, and values |
| Characterization | A writer's uses what the character does or says to reveal personality |
| Motives | The reasons for a characters actions |
| Mood | The story's atmosphere |
| Plot | A sequence of events in the story |
| Conflict | Struggle between opposing forces in the story |
| Internal Conflict | Takes place in the mind of a character |
| External Conflict | Takes place between a character and a outside force, such as nature |
| Theme | The message of the story or an insight about life |
| Plot Structure | The way in which the story events are organized for dramatic effect |
| Exposition | Introduces the characters and their situation |
| Setting | The time and place of the story's actions |
| Inciting Event | Often included in the exposition, reveals the central conflict of a story |
| Rising Action | Leading to the climax |
| Climax | The point of greatest intensity in a story, the turning point where its outcome is determined |
| Falling Action | Sets up the story's ending |
| Resolution | Shows how the conflict is settled |
| Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told |
| First Person Point of View | Presents the story from the perspective of a character, uses pronouns I, me, and my |
| Third Person Point of View | Tells the story from the perspective of a narrator outside the story |
| Omniscient Third Person | Narrator knows everything, reveals what each character thinks/feels |
| Limited Third Person | Narrator reveals the thought and feelings of a single character |
| Chronological Order | Shows the chain of events in story as it unfolds |
| Flashback | Shows events before the present of the story |
| Dialogue | Presentation of characters words as uttered |
| Direct Characterization | The narrator makes direct statement about a characters personality |
| Indirect Characterization | Writer shows what characters are like by providing details about what the characters say and do, what other characters say about them, and how characters respond to them |
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