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Elements of Short Stories Test
Know these for tomorrow's test. Need to know the definition from the word, AND the word from the definition.
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English
11th Grade
03/29/2012

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conflict
Definition
struggle between opposing forces
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person vs. person
Definition
external struggle between two or more individuals
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person vs. themselves
Definition
internal struggle concerning emotion and decision
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person vs. nature
Definition
external struggle between person and an element of nature or the environment
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Round (types of characters)
Definition
complex or presented in detail
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Dynamic (types of characters)
Definition
developing and learning in the course of the story
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Flat (types of characters)
Definition
characterized by one or two traits
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Static (types of characters)
Definition
unchanged from the story's beginning to end
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Omniscient (point of view)
Definition
author tells the story in the third person. author knows all of what is done, said, felt, and thought by the characters
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Limited omniscient (point of view)
Definition
the author tells the story using the third person, but limits observations of thoughts and feelings to one character; the author presents the story from another characters eyes
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Objective (point of view)
Definition
the author is like a movie camera that moves around freely recording objects. however, the author offers no comments on the characters or their actions. readers are not told the thoughts or feelings of the characters
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Parts of a Typical Plot (draw and label)
Definition
exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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