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Short Story Elements
Terms we use in the short story unit and their definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plot | The story line or what happened in the story |
| Introduction | The introduction of the characters, their personalities and problems |
| Rising Action | Building up to the climax (The beginning of a problem that leads into an even bigger problem.) |
| Conflict | A problem |
| Internal | When the character's problem is personal |
| External | When the characters problem occurs from something they can't control |
| Climax | The biggest problem in the story/when most of the action happens |
| Falling Action | Everything that happens after the climax |
| Resolution | The End of the story |
| Character | The people/animals in the story |
| Protagonist | Trying to reach a goal (main character) |
| Antagonist | Trying to stop the protagonist from reaching their goal |
| Round | A character with multiple traits but doesn't change through out the story |
| Secondary | A character with one trait making them stereotypical |
| Flat | A character who mainly has one personality and stereotype |
| Dynamic | A character who learned a lesson throughout the story and changes |
| Ways to reveal a characters traits and Values | -Description of the character -What they do -What they say -How other treat them/What others say about them |
| Setting | Where the story takes place |
| Social Setting | The type of society where the story takes place |
| Atmosphere | Mood or emotion the story has |
| Imagery | Something being described so well you can picture it |
| Connotation | Words that have emotional meaning |
| Theme | The moral of the story |
| A good theme statement | -has a complete sentence -has the title/author of the text -states the lesson learned in the text |
| Irony | Irony can be sarcasm, the opposite of what is expected to happen, or when the audience knows something the character's don't |
| Point of View | Who is telling the story -1rst person (the character narrating) -3rd person limited (Narrator narrating for one character) -3rd person omniscient (Narrator narrating what multiple people are thinking) |
| Symbol | A average object/image that has a deeper meaning in the story |
| Foreshadowing | When the author gives hints to what might happen next in the story |
| Flashback | When the writer writes about something in the past (possibly to explain the futur) |
| Suspense | When the author has you on the edge of your seat |
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LeighB
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