Unit 1 - Short Story Vocabulary
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| narrative | tells a story or describes a sequence of events.
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| characterization | The act of creating characters
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| setting | the time and place where the story takes place
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| conflict | a struggle between characters or opposing forces
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| internal conflict | occurs when a character struggles with his or her own needs, desires, or emotions
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| external conflict | occurs when a character struggles with an outside force, such as another character or something in nature
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| dialogue | is conversation between people. In a story, it is the words that characters say.
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| connotation | refers to the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word.
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| denotation | refers to the literal meaning of a word.
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| simile | compares two unlike things using words such as like or as.
His music is like a fast trip on a roller coaster.
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| metaphor | A metaphor compares two unlike things without using the words like or as. Often a form of to be is used. Her music is a trip to the streets of Memphis
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| sensory language | refers to words that appeal to the five senses. Writers use sensory language to help readers create mental images of the characters and story details.
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| personal narrative | a story based on one’s own life and told in the first person.
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| analyze | separate something into parts and study how the parts are related.
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| sequence | to put things in an order; a set of events that follows one after another in a sequential or orderly presentation of steps or events.
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| cause-effect | describes a relationship in which an action/event will produce or cause a certain response or effect in the form of another event. It is important to show that a specific effect is directly related to a cause. Ex. Driving over sharp object=flat tire
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| transitions | use transitions to connect ideas, you are helping to create coherence.
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| coherence | is the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in your writing and speaking.
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| short story | a fictional narrative that presents a sequence of events, or plot, that include a conflict
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