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Short Stories Review
Review of the terms you need to know for your short stories test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Setting | The time and place of a story's action. Includes beliefs, ideas, customs, and values |
| Characters | The actors in a story's plot. They can be people, animals, or whatever the writer chooses. |
| Protagonist | The main character in the story |
| Antagonist | The person in conflict with the main character. Not all stories have antagonists, although most do. |
| Point of view | The relationship of the narrator to the story |
| First person point of view | The narrator is a character in the story, referred to as "I" |
| Third person limited point of view | The narrator reveals the thoughts of ONLY ONE character, referring to that character as "he" or "she" |
| Third person omniscient | The narrator knows everything about the story's events and reveals the thoughts of ALL the characters. |
| Theme | The central idea or message of the story, often a lesson about life or human nature |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a story. Each event causes or leads to the next. |
| External conflict | One between a character and an outside force, such as another character, nature, society, or fate |
| Internal conflict | Takes place within the mind of a character who is torn between opposing feelings or between different courses of action |
| Man versus man conflict | An external struggle between two characters |
| Man versus society conflict | An external struggle between a character and a social force such as poverty, political revolution, etc. |
| Man versus nature | An external struggle between a character and a natural obstacle, like a storm or waves of the ocean |
| Man versus self | An INTERNAL struggle within a character, where aspects of his or her personality may struggle for dominance. |
| Exposition | Introduces the story's characters, setting, conflict |
| Rising Action | Occurs as complications, twists, or intensifications of the conflict occur |
| Climax | The emotional high point of the story |
| Falling action | The logical result of the climax |
| Resolution | The final outcome to the story |
| Situational Irony | When the opposite of what is expected (or what "should" happen) occurs |
| Verbal irony | When there is a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant |
| Dramatic irony | When the audience or readers knows what is about to happen, but the character(s) have no idea |
| Characterization | The way a writer creates and develops a character |
| Indirect characterization | We must infer things about the character by looking at his or her thoughts and actions |
| Direct characterization | The author directly tells us what the author is like |
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