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short story terms
literary terms
terms | definition |
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Setting | where the story takes place time of the day year in history time in year. |
mood | atmosphere of the story the mood of a story is created by the setting |
theme | authors message or lesson what did you learn from the story. |
conflict | the problem in the story |
internal conflict | when a character is forced to make a difficult decision |
person vs self | |
external conflict | problem or conflict is created by an outside force |
man vs man | |
man vs fate | |
man vs society | |
man vs nature | |
plot | sequence of events in a short story |
expostion | |
narative hook | |
rising action | |
climax | |
falling action | |
conclusion | |
narrator | |
tone | |
point of view | |
1st person | |
3rd limited | |
3rd omniscient | |
characters | |
major | |
protagonist | |
antagonist | |
minor | |
dynamic character | character whose values .belifs or thoughts change |
static control | thoughts belifs dont change |
indirect characterzation | the reader learns about a character through his thoughts ,words and or actions. |
direct characerazation | the reader learns about a character from other characters or the narrator |
symbol | something that represents a thought |
irony | the diffrence between apperance and reality when what is expected to happen |
foreshadowing | thinks about what will happen later on in the story |
flat character | a character with one personality |
round character | a charcter with many of them |