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Short Story Terms
Litetary Terms Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Setting | Where a story takes place. |
| Mood | The atmosphere , and is usually determined by the setting |
| Theme | The lesson or message of a story |
| Conflict | A problem without a conflict is not a story |
| Internal Conflict | a struggle with ones self; a person must make a decisions |
| person .vs. self | A character must make a difficult choice |
| External Conflict | A struggle with one out of force |
| Man .vs. Man | A Problem between two people or two groups of people |
| Man .vs Fate | Person has a problem facing his/her destiny |
| Man .vs. Society | person in conflict with or struggling against any force or nature |
| Plot | Sequence of events |
| Exposition | Background information is given ; setting and main characters |
| Narrative Hook | problem/main conflict is revealed |
| Rising Action | all of the events leading to the climax |
| Climax | Most exciting part of the story ; the turning point ; Antagonist Must make decisions |
| Falling Action | All of the events leading to the conclusions or the end of the story |
| Conclusion | THE END ! |
| Narrator | Telling the story ; Not always the author or the person who wrote the story |
| Tone | Narrator/author attitude toward the story |
| Point Of View | How a story is told, relationship between narrator and reader |
| 1st Person | uses I,me,my,our,us |
| 3rd limited | Uses He,She,They,Them |
| 3rd Omniscient | To hang talking about the past present and future |
| Characters | People or animals in a short story |
| major | main/most important characters |
| Protagonist | The character the story most about the good guy |
| Antagonist | The character that causes problems "good guy" |
| Minor | The supporting or extra characters |
| Dynamic Character | Character whose ,attitude, beliefs, in a story |
| Static Character | DO NOT CHANGE change attitudes |
| Flat | Characters is a character who was only on limit personality traits |
| round | character who has many personality traits |
| indirect characterization | person of a character is revealed through the characters thoughts comments action |
| direct characterization | tell the reader about the personality of the character |
| Symbol | Something that stands for or represents something else |
| Irony | Difference between appearance and reality, when what is expected |
| Foreshadowing | Hints about what will happen later in the story |
| Suspense | Quality is a story that keeps you interested |
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lashelle.oh.solovely
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