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Short Story Terms
Elements of Plot
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English
9th Grade
05/15/2012

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Exposition
Definition
What is the literary term for the beginning of a short story?
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Protagonist
Definition
What is the literary term for a story's main character?
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Antagonist
Definition
What is the literary term for the nemesis of the story's main character?
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Conflict
Definition
What is the literary term for the story's "problem?"
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Rising Action
Definition
What do you call the events between the beginning and high point of a story?
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Falling Action
Definition
What do you call the events between the high point and the end of a story?
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Denoument / Resolution
Definition
What is the literary term for the end of a short story?
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Internal and External
Definition
What are the TWO TYPES of conflict?
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Character vs. Character, Character vs. Self, Character vs. Society, Character vs. Nature
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What are the FOUR KINDS of conflict?
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Rising Action
Definition
Which element of plot includes the conflict?
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Exposition
Definition
Which element of plot introduces the character and setting?
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Setting
Definition
What is the literary term for the when and where of the story?
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Point of View
Definition
What is the literary term to identify the relationship of the narrator to the characters and the angle from which the story is told?
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Theme
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What is the literary term for a story's main idea, underlying meaning, controlling idea or central insight that often contains a moral or a lesson?
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Foil
Definition
What is the literary term for a character who provides a contrast to the protagonist?
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Foreshadow
Definition
What is the literary term for an author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story?
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Characterization
Definition
What is the technique the writer uses to develop character and the information the author gives the reader about the characters themselves?
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Irony
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What is the literary term for the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is?
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Symbol/Symbolism
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What is a person, place, or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well?
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Tone
Definition
What is the literary term for the author's attitude, stated or implied, toward a meaning?
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Mood
Definition
What is the literary term for the climate (atmosphere) or feeling in a literary work?
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Situational, dramatic, and verbal
Definition
What are three (3) kinds of irony?
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Character
Definition
What do you call the people involved in the story's plot?
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What are the 5 essential elements of plot?
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Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Denoument / Resolution
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