English- Short Story Terms

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Mood

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A prevailing emotional quality or character.

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Setting

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The time and place in which the story is taking place, including factors such as weather and social customs.

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Atmosphere

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The dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art, as of a play or novel.

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Point of View

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The position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters

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Omniscient

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The author tells the story using the third person, the author knows all that is being done, said, felt and through by the characters.

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Limited Omniscient

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Author tells the story from the third person, but limits observation of thoughts and feelings to one character, the author presents the story from the character's eyes.

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First Person

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One character tells the story in the first person. the reader sees and knows only as much as the narrator.

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Objective

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The author is like a movie camera that moves around freely recording objects. However, the author offers no comments on the character. Readers are not told the thoughts or feelings of the character.

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Similie

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a comparison made between things that are essentially alike with the use of words using "like or as"

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Metaphor

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A comparison made between things which are essentially not alike. metaphors are marked by the use of words "is or was"

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Personification

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When something that is not human is given human-like qualities.

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Hyperbole

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When the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.

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Onomatopoeia

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Refers to words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict.

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Metaphor example

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Nobody invites Edward to parties because he is a wet blanket

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Personification example

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The leaves danced in the wind on the cold October afternoon.

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Hyperbole example

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I'm so hungry i can eat a horse.

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Onomatopoeia example

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Boom, clap, swoosh, beep beep

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Plot

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the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence

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Theme

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a unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout a work.