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English 9 Youngs

Short Story Terms Quiz Words

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Short Story Terms Quiz English 9 Youngs
The character who opposes the hero.... antagonist
The central character or hero of a story .... protagonist
The main problem in a story.... conflict
The method an author uses to describe the characters in a story.... characterization
Reference to a famous event or person.... allusion
"Colorful" words not meant to be taken literally.... figurative language
The way a story ends.... resolution
Hints about what will come later in a story.... foreshadowing
Giving human qualities to non-human things.... personification
Building anxiety or uncertainty.... suspense
Time and place of a story.... setting
Represents something else.... symbol
Looking back into the past in a story.... flashback
Dictionary definition.... denotation
Emotional, personal meaning of a word.... connotation
Mood the author creates in a story.... atmosphere
Message author is trying to get across.... theme
Highest emotional point of intensity.... climax
Say exactly what you mean.... literal language
Series of events, what happens in a story.... plot
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