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English I
Short Story
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Setting | stories time and place: location, climate, time of year, historial context, cultural context |
| Description | writing that helps authors create a strong image of place, person, or thing; see, hear, taste, smell, feel |
| Mood | emotional quality of a literary work: setting contributes to ___________ |
| Plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| First Stage of Plot | Exposition |
| Exposition | introduces the characters, setting and conflict |
| 2nd Stage of Plot | Rising Action |
| Rising Action | occurs as the conflict and the characters become more complicated, twisted, or intense |
| 3rd Stage of Plot | Climax |
| climax | story's most dramatic moment |
| 4th Stage of Plot | Falling Action |
| Falling Action | the largest result of the climax, the "aftermath" |
| 5th Stage of Plot | Resolution |
| Resolution | the final outcome of the story |
| Conflict | the struggle between opposing forces |
| external conflict | between a character and an outside force ex: another character, nature, society, fate |
| internal conflict | within a mind of the character |
| theme | the moral, lesson, or message of a literary work (different than the topic) |
| stated theme | the author expresses the theme directly |
| implied theme | author gradually reveals the theme through variety of literary elements |
| protagonist | central character around whom the central conflict revolves |
| antagonist | the character who opposes the protagonist |
| minor characters | those who help or observe the proganist as he or she solves the conflict |
| round character | complex characters that have multiple, sometimes contradictory traits, like real people |
| flat character | show only one or two personality traits |
| dynamic character | develops or changes over the course of the story |
| static | does not undergo any change |
| symbolism | a concrete object that represents an abstract idea |
| concrete | real physical objects; specific; can be seen or touched (tangible) |
| abstract | general ideas or qualities; not specific; cannot be seen or touched |
| narrator | the person who tells the story |
| unreliable narrator | does not tell the story accurately |
| First person | the narrator is a character in the story: referred to as "I" |
| Third Person Omnicient | narrator is not a character in the story and uses the words "he" or "she" to describe the events of the story |
| Third Person Limited | the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character, usually the protagonist |
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