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short story tems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| setting | when a story takes place. includes the timeof day, year in history, time of year. |
| mood | atmosphere of story: the mood of story is created by the setting. |
| theme | authers message or lesson what do you learn from the story. |
| conflict | problome in a story |
| person vs self | when a character is forced to make a difficult decision. |
| externat conflict | problem or conflict is created by an outside force. |
| person vs person | two people are in conflict arguing or fighting. |
| person vs fate | a person who connot controle his/her destiny. |
| person vs society | a person whose values and belifes are different from society values. |
| person vs natrue | conflict is created by force of nature this includes wether, animals, and ocean. |
| plot | sequence of events in a short story. |
| exposition | all background information is given to the reader. |
| narrative hook | main conflict is introduced. |
| rising action | event in a short story that lead to the climax most of the story will take place here. |
| climax | most exiting part of a story/turning point. |
| falling action | events leading to the conclution of a short story. |
| conclution | resolution or end of a short story. |
| narrator | the "person" the story: the narrator is not the same as the auther. |
| tone | narrators attitude about the story. |
| point of view | how the story is told. |
| 1st person | the narroator is part of of the story.the narrator uses "i,me,our" in the story. |
| 3ed limited | the nattator tells the story "through the eyes of one character" |
| 3ed omniscent | the narrator can tell you what everyone in the story is thinking. |
| character | people or animals in a short story. |
| major | most important characters in a short story. |
| protagonist | the main characters: the good guy. |
| antagonist | the character who creates problems for the protyagonist: the bad guy. |
| minor | additional characters needed to tell the srory. |
| diynamic character | thoughts change in a short story. |
| static character | thoughts do not chang. |
| indirect charactterization | the reader leading about a chracter through his/her thoughts, words, and/or actions. |
| direct charactterization | the reader learns about a character thought what other charaters or the narrator tell the reader. |
| symbol | somthing repersents a thought, attitude emotion or something else. |
| irony | the differents bettween apperanc and realety when what is expected to happen. |
| foreshadowing | hits about what will happen later in the story. |
| flat character | character with one main personalety trait. |
| round character | character with many personalety trait. |