Honors English I Short Story Terms

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interpretive literature

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literature that gives an insight to life, teaches, morals

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escape literature

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literature made just for fun, escaping reality

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plot

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sequence of events in a story

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conflict

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man vs nature, man vs self, man vs man

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protagonist

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the main character in a story

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antagonist

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the character that is in conflict with the protagonist

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suspense

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the quality of the story, which makes the reader ask what will happen next

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mystery

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unusual circumstances that the reader wants answered

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theme

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main idea of a story

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irony of situation

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as a reader, expect something to happen, but something else does

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irony of conversation

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character says one thing but means something else

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dramatic irony

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reader knows something in a story before it happens, knows more than character

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character

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two parts: personality and person

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direct character presentation

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author tells directly how a character is like

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indirect character presentation

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when you learn about a character through what they do, say, or think

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flat character

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character that has one or two traits

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round character

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character with many traits, deeper

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stoch character

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character that is portrayed to be the same in works of literature (stereotype)

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static character

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character that doesn't change

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developing character

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character that changes

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dilemma

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character has to make a decision between two options

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plot manipulation

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when the author gives an unexpected turn of events

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ommicient point of view

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if you see everything through everyone's eyes

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first person point of view

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when the person telling lived what there talking about (I, we, me)

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third person point of view

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when you witness the story as a bystander (he, she, they)

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objective point of view

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see only what a camera would see (no thoughts)

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symbol

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something that stands for something else

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fantasy

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something imaginary used to show something real

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biography

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person's life story told by another person

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autobiography

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person that writes their own life story

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dialogue

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conversation between two or more people

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dialect

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unique way how people talk

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simile

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comparison using like or as

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metaphor

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comparison not using like or as

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personification

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something non human that is given human traits

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hyperbole

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a great exaggeration

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foreshadowing

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clues about what will happen next

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inference

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pick up hints and clues as you read

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setting

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time and place

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satire

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using humor to make a point

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atmosphere

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feeling in a mood in a story

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imagery

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using words to put a picture in the mind

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soliloquy

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action of story stops, character comes forward and speaks thoughts and ideas

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anachronism

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something out of order chronologically