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Short Story #1
Pearl Short Story Study Guide
| ELA Term | Description |
|---|---|
| character | person, creature, or personified object in the story |
| protagonist | main character: often the "good guy" |
| antagonist | character or force working against the main character: often the "bad guy" |
| climax | high point; point at which the outcome becomes clear |
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| internal conflict | character is conflicted between ideas, desires, or emotions |
| external conflict | character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs. society |
| foreshadowing | hints of things to come |
| mood | how a story makes a reader feel |
| narrator | the one who tells the story |
| plot | events in the story: what happens |
| point of view | perspective from which the story is told |
| first person | a character in the story tells the tale from his/her perspective (I, me, we) |
| third person limited | narrator is not in the story: only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character |
| third person omniscient | narrator is not in the story: knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters |
| setting | time and place |
| symbol | something that represents something else and has meaning on its own |
| theme | the message the story gives -- a comment on life |
| third person omniscient2 | point of view allows the narrator to share the thoughts and feelings of all the characters |
| third person limited2 | point of view allows the narrator to share the thoughts and feelings of only one character |
| symbol2 | used by authors to give added emphasis to the meaning of their work |
| symbolism | a literary technique by which authors reveal some deeper meaning about a character or place or situation in a place of writing |
| theme2 | the main idea behind a piece of writing; the point the author is trying to get across to the reader. |
| verbal irony | is a contrast between what is stated and what is really meant |
| dramatic irony | occurs when the reader (or in a play the audience) knows something the characters do not know. |
| irony of situation | the result of an action is the opposite of what the reader or a character in the story expects. |
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