Literary Terms

short stories have a single _________

Language that appeals to the senses

General idea about life that a story reveals

A conversation in a story

In a short story, the main character MUST ____

Short stories deal with few ______

Clues or hints to suggest something will happen

This is the most exciting part of a story and the moment of decision for the main character

The story comes to a close and the characters conflicts are resolved

The overall feeling

Short stories have a _________ time span

Character who opposes the Protagonist is....

a person or animal in a literary work

An interruption in the present to show events that happened in the past

difference between what is expected and what really is

The beginning of a plot line where we learn who the characters are and what their conflicts are

Time and place

Something that represents something else

In short stories there is a single intense _______ on the reader

Short stories include a moment of ______

Short stories have a limited number of ______