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Short Story Review
Review of Literary Terms learned in our short story unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Protagonist | The main character of the story; who the story is about; this character sets the action in motion. |
| What are the 7 READING STRATEGIES we learned that help a reader better understand and connect with a story? | Preview, Visualize, Make Connections, Predict, Question, Build on Prior Learning/Info, Evaluate |
| What are the five points of plot structure (in order)? | 1) Exposition, 2) Rising Action, 3) Climax, 4) Falling Action, 5) Resolution |
| Exposition | Background information is introduced at the beginning of the story to fill the reader in on information about the characters, setting, and provide an introduction to the central conflict/issue. |
| Climax | This is the turning point of the story. The tension that has been building breaks. |
| Rising Action | The rising action is when the suspense builds because complications arise that make the conflict more difficult for the main characters to resolve. |
| Resolution | This is essentially the wrapping up of all the loose details of the plot in order to satisfy the reader or audience. |
| Falling Action | events begin to calm down; characters are dealing with the aftermath of the climax that occurred. (Think about the clean up after a storm.) |
| Antagonist | a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. |
| Conflict | first introduced in the exposition; it begins building in the rising action. Conflict is the tension in a story that makes it interesting. There are 5 main types of conflict: |
| 5 Types of Conflict (be able to recognize/define all 5 types) | Person VS. Person, Person VS. Self, Person VS. Nature, Person VS. Fate, Person VS. Society |
| 3D Formula | Drama (Conflict) = Danger (Risk) + Desire (Want/need) |
| What are the three main POINTS OF VIEW we discussed? | 1st Person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient |
| Characterization | The portrayal or description of a character in a story. This description includes physical attributes, personality traits, how the character interacts with other characters, and thoughts/feelings/beliefs that drive the character’s actions. |
| Theme | the message/moral of a story |
| Inference | Drawing conclusions about the characters or events in a story based on the information you have in front of you (what the characters do or say in the story). |
| Third Person Omniscient | Uses third person pronouns. In this point of view, the narrator has insight into at least 2 character’s perspectives (the narrator can tell us what at least two people are thinking |
| Third Person Limited | The reader is aware of the main character's thoughts, but we're not inside his/her head. We're being told his/her thoughts by a narrator. Uses third person pronouns |
| First person | When a story is told from one individual's perspective. We are inside his/her head, and the narration is told using first person pronouns, like I, me, my, etc. |
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mrssuchecki
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