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literary terms
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| short story | a brief work of fiction intended to be read in a single setting |
| characters | people or animals who take part in action |
| traits | a character's qualities, attitudes and values |
| motives | the reasons for a character's actions |
| setting | the time and place of the story's action |
| characterization | a writer uses what the character does or says to reveal personality |
| 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 (maybe opposing feelings) |
| external conflict | takes place between a character and an outside force, such as nature |
| theme | the message of the story or an insight about life |
| plot structure | the way in which story events or organized for dramatic effect |
| exposition | introduces the characters and their situation |
| inciting event | often included in the exposition, reveals the central conflict of a story |
| rising action | leading to the climax, develops the conflict |
| climax | the point of greatest intensity in a story, the turning point where 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 the story is told |
| first person POV | presents the story from perspective of a character-uses pronouns I, me, my |
| third person POV | tells story from the perspective of a narrator outside the story |
| omniscient third person | narrator knows everything, reveals what each characters thinks/feels |
| limited third person | narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of a single character |
| chronological order | show the chain of events in story as it unfolds in time order |
| flashback | shows events from before the present of the story, to reveal a character's motives |
| dialogue | presentation of a character's words uttered, can also move the action along |
| direct characterization | the narrator makes direct statement about a character's personality |
| indirect characterization | writer shows what characters say about them, and how characters respond to them |
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