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fiction
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not real life
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short story
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fiction; product of author's imagination; author combines people, places, events, ideas to drete fictional world; should be able to read in a SHORT amount of time
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main purpose of short story
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to illustrate a truth, generalization, or lesson about life
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basic elements of a short story
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plot, character, setting, point of view, theme
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two types of characterization
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direct characterization
indirect characterization |
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six parts of plot
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exposition, narrative hook, rising action, climax/turning point, falling action, resolution/denouement
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suspense
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uncertainty or desire reader feels about what will happen in story
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foreshadowing
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clues given by author that give hints as to what will happen in story
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situatinal irony
verbal irony dramtic irony |
when opposite of what u expect happens
when writer or speaker says one thing but really means opposite (a lot of times, but not always, sarcasm) when audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know |
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setting
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time and place of story; includes culture of group of people and/or historical events
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theme
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underlying meaning in story; lesson about life story teaches
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conflict
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struggle b/w two opposing forces
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direct characterization
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when author directly states facts about character's personality
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indirect characterization
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when author reveals character's personality through character's words and actions or through what other characters say about that person
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fate
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destiny; force that controls every aspect of life; fate is unaboidable and unchangeable
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