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ELA

Unit 1 Literary Terms

QuestionAnswer
Short story a brief work of fiction
Characters people in the action
Characterization what the character does or says
traits a characters qualities, attitudes
motives reasons for a characters actions
setting time and place
mood story's atmosphere
plot sequence of events
conflict struggle between forces
internal conflict in the mind of a character
external conflict a character and an outside force
theme the message of the story
plot structure the way events are organized
exposition introduces the characters
inciting event exposition, reveals the central conflict
rising action leading to climax
climax the point of the greatest intensity
falling action sets up ending
resolution how the conflict is settled
point of view perspective
first person POV uses pronouns i,me,my
Third person POV narrator outside the story
omniscient third-person narrator knows everything
limited third-person narrator reveals a single character
chronological order show the chain of events
flashback shows events from before the present
dialogue characters words as uttered
direct characterization direct statement about a character's
indirect characterization what the characters
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