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Literary Terms

Short Story Lit Terms

QuestionAnswer
Antagonist The villain or force working against the protagonist.
Characters People, animals or imaginary characters that take part in the story.
Climax The turning point; most exciting part of the story.
Conflict The problem in the story; a struggle between two opposing forces.
Exposition Sets the stage, the setting and introduction of characters.
External Conflict A visible problem; it is outside the mind of the character.
Falling Action The few events leading the resolution.
Fiction Writing that comes from the author's imagination.
First Person Narrator is a character, uses I, me, and we.
Flashback A scene that interrupts the present action to describe an event that took place at an earlier time.
Foreshadowing Hints that suggest event to come.
Genre A kind of literature that has a common set of characteristics. There are four main types.
Internal Conflict A problem that cannot be seen; usually in the mind of the character.
Main Character Most important person(s) or animal(s) in the story.
Minor Character These characters play a less important role in the story.
Place A location real or imaginary.
Plot All the action in the story. Sequence of events what, when, to whom something happened.
Point of View Perspective from which the story is told.
Protagonist Hero or main character in the story.
Resolution Loose ends are tied up and story comes to a close.
Rising Action Events leading to the climax.
Setting When and where the story takes place.
Theme Message about life or human nature communicated in the story; usually inferred.
Third Person Limited Narrator sees only into one characters mind.
Third Person Omniscient Narrator is all knowing and can see in all the characters' minds.
Time Past, present, future, day, or night.
Created by: alsting
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