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A short story is defined as |
Brief Narrative Fiction Prose |
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What does brief mean |
Short |
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What does fiction mean |
Not true |
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What does narrative mean |
Story |
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What does prose mean |
Sentence form |
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What are major elements in a short story |
Plot (conflict) Characters Setting Theme |
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What does a typical plot graph have 📈📉 |
Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Denouement And/or cliff hanger |
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Label the graph |
A- exposition B- rising action C- climax D- falling action E- denouement |
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What is the exposition |
The context the background information on the characters and setting |
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What is the Falling action |
The immediate results The outcome of the climax |
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What is the Denouement |
where the loose ends of story are wrapped up |
Final conclusion |
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What are the two main types of conflict |
Internal External |
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What happens when some stories end with a climax... It's called a |
Cliffhanger |
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What is the Rising action |
The struggles and conflict the characters face |
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What are the five main sub-types of conflict |
Man vs. Self Man vs. Man Man vs. Society Man vs. Nature Man vs. Fate |
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What is the Climax |
The highest point of action |
Must involve the protagonist Exact moment when the main conflict is resolved |
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What is man vs. Self |
Conflict within a character |
Has to do with himself |
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What is Man vs. Society |
Conflict between character and his or her community or culture |
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What is man vs. Nature |
Conflict between character and his or her enviorment |
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What is man vs. Fate |
Conflict between character and something beyond his/her control |
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What is plausibility |
A story that is convincing or believable in the world the author created |
Doesn't have to be realistic in our world |
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What is surprise |
Unexpected events that makes a story enjoyable |
Unexpected |
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What are the laws of plot |
Plausible Surprise Suspense |
PS2 |
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What is man vs. Man |
Conflict between two or more characters |
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Suspense |
The feeling of uncertainty that the reader experiences about the final outcome of the plot |
Keeps you on your feet feeling uncertain |
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Who is the character that struggles or fights the protagonist |
Antagonist |
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Characters are: |
Round Flat Stock Dynamic Static |
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If they have realistic complex personalities they are |
Round |
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If they represent a stereo type they are |
Stock |
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If they change through out the story |
Dynamic |
Change good or bad |
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If only one side of their personality is revealed to the readers they are |
Flat |
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Who is the main character in a story |
Protagonist |
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If they DON'T change through out the story they are |
Static |
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The mood or atmosphere is the over all... |
Feeling or emotion |
... Created in a story |
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When a story is told by the main character what type of narrator is is |
1st person |
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When all characters are to referred to by name |
3rd person |
The narriator can't read minds |
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A god like all knowing narrator who can describe all charactors |
Omniscient |
Feelings thoughts actions |
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A god like all knowing narrator who can describe only one characters inner thoughts and feelings |
Limited omniscient |
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Theme is the main... |
Message or idea |
...About life that emerges from a story usually not stayed correctly you must infer |
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Setting is the... |
Time and place |
...In which the story takes place |
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What is the innocent eye |
Narrator could be children telling the story about tough times |
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What is foreboding |
A negative hint about what is to come later In the story |
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What is verbal irony |
Characters use voices to indicate that he or she is saying the opposite of eh. He or she means |
Sarcasm |
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What is dramatic irony |
Audience knowing something that the characters do not know |
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What are symbols |
Object character or place that has a deeper meaning |
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What is imagery |
Painting a picture using descriptive language |
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What is irony |
Opposite of eh what is expected |
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What is foreshadowing |
Hint or suggestion about what is to come later in a story |
Positive or negative |
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What is diction |
Word choice that is used to developed the mood |
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What is sub-plot |
Minor plot that may or may not be related to the main plot |
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What is pothetic fallacy |
Weather and setting reflecting mood of the characters |
Influences what________ |
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What is in-direct characterization |
Learning about a character through another character |
Biass point of view |
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What is direct characterization |
A way to learn about a character through his/her own thoughts actions or words |
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What is repetition |
When an idea symbol or event shows up again and again throughout a story |
Repeat |
