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Literary Terms Short Stories

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Covers literary terms to be covered in a short story unit in high school English

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Literary Terms
Short Stories
English I Honors

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Fiction

Works of prose with imaginary elements
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Plot

The sequence of events in a story
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Exposition

intro material that gives background
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Rising Action

complications are added; suspense is built
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Climax

the turning point or crisis
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Falling Action/Resolution

conflict is resolved; loose ends, tied up
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Characters

people taking part in action of story
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Main Characters

The most important characters
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Minor Characters

interact with main characters
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Dynamic characters

Undergo Change/aka round characters
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Static characters

stay the same/aka flat characters
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Setting

Time and place
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Theme

perception about life/human nature
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Short Story

Can be read in one sitting; one main conflict
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Conflict can be either internal or external

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Internal conflict

occurs within a character
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External conflict

A character pitted against an outside force
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Protagonist

the central character
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Antagonist

Main character in opposition to protagonist
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Irony

A contrast between appearance and reality
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Situational Irony

The contrast b/w what is expected and what occurs
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Dramatic Irony

The reader knows something a character does not know
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Verbal Irony

Someone says one thing and means another
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Point of View

the method of narrating a story
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First Person

The narrator is a character in the story
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Third Person Omniscient

narrator sees into the minds of more than one character
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Third Person Limited

narrator tells only what one character thinks or feels
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What about 2nd person?

Rarely used, it uses "you" in the narration
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