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Details Title: Short Story Terms Description: Review terms from unit Total Flash Cards: 45 Created: 09/20/2004 10:11:59	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term plot Definition series of related events Term setting Definition when and where story takes place Term point of view Definition perspective from which story is told Term characters Definition people, creatures, animals in a story Term theme Definition main idea about life the writer is trying to get across Term stereotype Definition character that fits a preconceived idea of what he/she should be like Term protagonist Definition main character in the story Term antagonist Definition character who causes problems for the main character Term foils Definition characters who are very much alike but differ in one major personality trait or attitude Term two main characters Definition characterization pattern in which two people face the same conflict and react in similar ways Term protagonist/antagonist Definition character pattern in which one character causes problems for another Term motivation Definition reason a character does what he or she does Term flashback Definition moving from the present to tell about something that happened in the past Term foreshadowing Definition hints about what will happen in the future Term synonyms Definition words that mean about the same thing Term antonyms Definition words with opposite meanings Term simile Definition comparison using the word "like" or "as" Term metaphor Definition implied comparison Term compare Definition show how things are alike Term contrast Definition show how things are different Term first person Definition point of view using "I" or "we" Term third person limited Definition point of view using "he," "she," "they" where the writer knows the thoughts and feelings of only one main character Term third person omniscient Definition point of view using "he," "she," "they" where the writer knows the thoughts and feelings many characters Term suspense Definition the readers' desire to know what will happen next Term complications Definition problems that create suspense Term exposition Definition background information for a story Term conflict Definition part of the plot required to have a story Term conflict Definition struggle between opposing forces Term climax Definition part of the story where the conflict appears to be resolved Term outside observer Definition characterization pattern where a character in the story tells the story even though he/she is not directly involved in the action Term resolution Definition how the story all works out Term internal conflict Definition internal struggle where the character has to make a moral decision Term external conflict Definition struggle between outside forces Term rising action Definition part of the story where reader interest increases Term falling action Definition part of the story where reader interest decreases Term twist ending Definition situational irony occurs at the end of the story and surprises the reader Term dramatic irony Definition the reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know Term situational irony Definition the opposite happens from what is expected Term verbal irony Definition someone says the opposite of what he/she means Term indirect characterization Definition readers learn about a character from what he says, what she does, or what another character tells them Term direct characterization Definition the writer comes out and tells something about a character Term dialogue Definition conversation between characters Term dialect Definition a way of speaking peculiar to a part of the country, ethnic group, etc. Term short story Definition work of fiction read in one sitting with limited fictional elements Term science fiction Definition work that uses unusual creatures, settings in the distant past or future and in outer space or a created land, and technology to make a comment on society