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Short story

contains character a setting and a plot

Fiction

Writing that tells imagery, characters or events

Nonfiction

Represents real people

Characters

People or animals that take part in the story

Direct characterization

Characters traits are directly stated through phrases

Indirect characterization

Characters traits revealed through speech action and appearance

Static character

When a character does not change

Dynamic character

A character that does change weather with emotions or looks

Plot

The events that occur in a story

Conflict

The struggle between two characters

Internal conflict

Struggle in the mind of a single character

Setting

The time and place of the story

climax

The highest tension or turning point in a story

Protagonist

The main character

Antagonist

in conflict with the protagonist

First person

The narrator is in the story and is usually the main character

Second person

The reader is a character in the story

Third person

Narrator is not in the story

Third person omniscient

The narrator knows thoughts and feelings of the character

Dialogue

The words that character speak in a conversation

Foreshadowing

Use of clues to hit later possible events

Flashback

To show reader events in the past

Imagery

How the author writes a visual picture in the mind of a reader