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Short Story Terms
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English
8th Grade
05/16/2007

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allusion
Definition
a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature.
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antagonist
Definition
a force working against the protagonist, or main character.
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Character development (dynamic/static)
Definition
characters that grow or change during a story.
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climax
Definition
in the plot of a story, the turning point is the point of maximum interest.
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conflict (internal/external)
Definition
a struggle between opposing forces.
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dialect
Definition
a form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people.
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dialogue
Definition
the words that characters speak.
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exposition
Definition
in fiction the structure of the plot normally begins with....
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falling action
Definition
the part of the plot of a story that occurs after the climax.
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flashback
Definition
an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time.
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foreshadowing
Definition
occurs when a writer provides hints that suggests future events in a story.
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irony
Definition
a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.
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mood
Definition
an atmosphere, or feeling that a literary work conveys to a reader.
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plot
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the sequence of related events that makes up a story.
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point of view (first person/third person)
Definition
the perspective from which a story is told.
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