short story terms

“I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.”

The scarlet ibis dying in the tree _________________(s) the death of Doodle.

The part of the short story arc that establishes the characters and setting.

When an author reveals the personality of a character through their speech, thoughts, actions..

The author's choice of words.

Montresor tells Fortunato, “I [drink] to your long life.”

Using the five senses to describe something.

When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

An insight about human life that’s revealed in a literary work.

the emotional meaning that a word carries