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Literary Terms for Short Stories
Literary Terms for Short Stories
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can be used in grades 6-10 terms commonly studied during a short story unit
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A person or animal who takes part in the action of a work of literature
Character
Round character
Static character
Minor character
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The final part of the plot; how the story ends
Rising Action
Resolution
Falling Action
Exposition
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Reader follows one character to see one viewpoint
First person perspective
Third person limited
Third person omniscient
Point of View
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The message or insight about life or human nature that the writer presents
Short story
Genre
Theme
Setting
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Uses “I;” narrator is a character
Third person omniscient
Third person limited
Point of View
First person perspective
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The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Third person omniscient
Third person limited
First person perspective
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The contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
Conflict
Irony
External conflict
Internal conflict
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A problem that occurs within a character from trying to conform
Irony
Internal conflict
Conflict
External conflict
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A problem that occurs outside a character
External conflict
Irony
Conflict
Internal conflict
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The type or category into which literary works are grouped
Setting
Genre
Theme
Short story
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The problem in a story
External conflict
Irony
Conflict
Internal conflict
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Experiences a change in morals or beliefs from the beginning to the end of the story
Flat character
Narrator
Dynamic character
Main character
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Where and when the story takes place
Short story
Theme
Setting
Genre
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Part of the story that reveals the conflict and builds suspense
Rising Action
Resolution
Exposition
Falling Action
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The teller of a story
Main character
Dynamic character
Narrator
Flat character
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The sequence of actions and events in a literary work; what happens
Plot
Foreshadowing
Fiction
Climax
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A work of fiction that can be read in one sitting
Short story
Setting
Theme
Genre
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Occurs after the climax; shows the effects of the climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Exposition
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The technique of hinting about an event that will occur later in the story
Climax
Plot
Fiction
Foreshadowing
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The reader sees multiple sides; very well developed
Round character
Static character
Minor character
Character
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Most important person in a story; story cannot function without him/her
Main character
Dynamic character
Narrator
Flat character
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Reader can follow multiple characters to see several viewpoints
Point of View
Third person omniscient
First person perspective
Third person limited
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The reader only sees one side of this person; not well-developed
Flat character
Main character
Dynamic character
Narrator
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Writing that comes from a writer’s imagination; not true
Plot
Foreshadowing
Climax
Fiction
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Used as support; can be replaced, eliminated or combined
Character
Minor character
Round character
Static character
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Part of the story which introduces background information, like characters and setting
Rising Action
Exposition
Falling Action
Resolution
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A person who does not change throughout a story
Minor character
Character
Static character
Round character
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The emotional high point or turning point in the story
Fiction
Foreshadowing
Plot
Climax
