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Terms we use in the short story unit and their definitions

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Plot   The story line or what happened in the story  
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Introduction   The introduction of the characters, their personalities and problems  
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Rising Action   Building up to the climax (The beginning of a problem that leads into an even bigger problem.)  
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Conflict   A problem  
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Internal   When the character's problem is personal  
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External   When the characters problem occurs from something they can't control  
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Climax   The biggest problem in the story/when most of the action happens  
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Falling Action   Everything that happens after the climax  
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Resolution   The End of the story  
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Character   The people/animals in the story  
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Protagonist   Trying to reach a goal (main character)  
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Antagonist   Trying to stop the protagonist from reaching their goal  
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Round   A character with multiple traits but doesn't change through out the story  
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Secondary   A character with one trait making them stereotypical  
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Flat   A character who mainly has one personality and stereotype  
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Dynamic   A character who learned a lesson throughout the story and changes  
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Ways to reveal a characters traits and Values   -Description of the character -What they do -What they say -How other treat them/What others say about them  
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Setting   Where the story takes place  
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Social Setting   The type of society where the story takes place  
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Atmosphere   Mood or emotion the story has  
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Imagery   Something being described so well you can picture it  
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Connotation   Words that have emotional meaning  
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Theme   The moral of the story  
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A good theme statement   -has a complete sentence -has the title/author of the text -states the lesson learned in the text  
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Irony   Irony can be sarcasm, the opposite of what is expected to happen, or when the audience knows something the character's don't  
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Point of View   Who is telling the story -1rst person (the character narrating) -3rd person limited (Narrator narrating for one character) -3rd person omniscient (Narrator narrating what multiple people are thinking)  
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Symbol   A average object/image that has a deeper meaning in the story  
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Foreshadowing   When the author gives hints to what might happen next in the story  
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Flashback   When the writer writes about something in the past (possibly to explain the futur)  
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Suspense   When the author has you on the edge of your seat  
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