Short Story Test

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plot

Back 1

sequence of events

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exposition

Back 2

begins story by presenting characters and situation

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rising Action

Back 3

all events leading up to climax / development

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falling action

Back 4

all events folling the climax

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climax

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turning point or
highest point in a story

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resolution

Back 6

the end of the central conflict

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denoument

Back 7

any events that occur after the resolution / a wrapping up of the story

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conflict

Back 8

Internal & External

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internal conflict

Back 9

inside a character

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external conflict

Back 10

struggle which comes from outside character an opposing force

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suspense

Back 11

quality that keeps one reading to find out what will happen

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foreshadowing

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use of clues or hints that indicate what is to come in a story

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Characterization

Back 13

direct or indirect

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Characterization

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the way a writer brings a character to life

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Round character

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numerous qualities or traits

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static character

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does not change during a story

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flat character

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only one or two characteristics

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dynamic character

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change and learn as a result of events of a story

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stereotype

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also called stock characters; type of people easily recoznizable-

ex: wicked stepmother

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antagonist

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character or force in conflict with protagonist

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protagonist

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main character or who the action of a story revolves around

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point-of-view

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perspective from which story is told

first person / third perons limited/ omniscient

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setting

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time or place of a story's action

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symbol

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obect, person, or event that represents something else

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tone

Back 25

writer's attitude / mood of the story

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irony

Back 26

contrast between what is and what seems to be

verbal and situational

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theme

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central idea or purpose in a literay work

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genre

Back 28

a division or type of literature

3 types: poetry, prose, drama

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What are the parts of the plot diagram. (label the mountain)

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expoistion conflict rising action climax falling action resolution

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first person (point of view)

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uses "I" to tell a story that he or she is in

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third person (point of view)

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point of view by someone not in the story

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omniscient (point of view)

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sees and knows all (all knowing)

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What are the five types of conflict?

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Man vs:
self
man
nature
society
supernatural

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Internal or External Conflict?

Mrs. Sohnly must decide to buy a new car or keep the one she has.

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Internal

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A group of pioneers cross a raging river.

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External

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cultural conflict

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a conflict between generations such as between a mother and a daughter

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mood

Back 37

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

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prose

Back 38

Writing in Sentences and Paragraphs

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Poetry

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Writing in lines and stanzas

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situational irony

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an EVENT occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters.

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dilemma

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a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives

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dilemma

Back 42

a

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Poe was said to create this.

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single effect

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What is the Single Effect?

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Every part of the story should fit the author's purpose.