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Eng III Short Story

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situational irony   when something unexpected happens in a story  
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verbal irony   when a character says something that isn’t true  
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dramatic irony   when the reader knows something the characters in the story don’t know  
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internal conflict   when a character makes a decision  
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external conflict   when a character is going against other people or nature  
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direct characterization   when an author tells you what kind of person a character is (mean, nice)  
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indirect characterization   when an author makes you figure out what kind of person the character is  
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diction   word choice  
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suspense   when an author makes you nervous about what is about to happen  
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mood   how a story makes you feel  
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tone   how an author feels about the topic  
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foreshadow   when an author gives a hint something is about to happen later in the story  
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theme   topic or lesson in a story  
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symbolism   when one object represents another object  
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level 1 questions   answers to these questions can be found in the story  
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level 2 questions   discussion questions that refer to the story  
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level 3 questions   discussion questions that don’t refer to the story. They refer to themes from the story  
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connections   a book, movie, or life event that a story reminds you of  
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imagery   details describing what a person sees, hears, smells, tastes, and feels as he reads a story  
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flashback   when a story refers to a previous event  
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