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15 Cards in this Set
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What is a short story?
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A brief work of narrative fiction meant for reading in one sitting
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What is a character?
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A person, animal, or imaginary creature in a story
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What is a dynamic character?
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One who changes during the story
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What is a static character?
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One who stays the same during a story
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What is characterization?
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The ways we learn about a character
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What is direct characterization?
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The author/narrator comes right out and tells you about a character
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What is indirect characterization?
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The reader has to assume things about a character (Actions, speech, thoughts, feelings, others' reactions, and thoughts)
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What is the setting?
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Where and when a story takes place
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What is a conflict?
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A stuggle between opposing forces
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What is internal conflict?
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A conflict inside the character's mind (Character vs. Self)
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What is external conflict?
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A conflict outside of the character (Character vs. character, nature, fate, society, etc.)
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What is the plot?
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The sequence of events in a story
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What are the four parts of a plot diagram and what do they represent?
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Exposition- Background
Complications- Events that occur Climax- Highest point Resolution- Conflict is resolved |
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What is the point of view
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From whose perspective a story is told
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What is the first and third persons point of view?
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First person- Character tells story
Third person- Narrator tells story |
