Short Story Unit terms

The central message of a literary work

Which is not one of the three points of view in fiction?

The writer's use of language and his or her overall style

peak of interest, turning point

when someone says one thing but means the opposite

Rainsford battling the sea is an example of

when the reader knows something that the characters do not

Not what we expect; sometimes comic

When the reader has to use his/her own judgement to decide what a character is like

The difference between a third person limited and omniscient point of view is that...

When the writer states what the character is like

event that starts the action of the story

A first person narrator

Person telling the story

Character or force that blocks the protagonist

An omniscient narrator

hints at what is to come through word choice, symbolism, description of feeling, etc.

memory

when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens

a reference to some event, person, place, or artistic work

the introduction of background information, setting, mood, etc.

the main events in a play, novel, movie, etc.

Shrek is a dynamic/round character because he...

A static/flat character

The main character we focus our attention on

object, person, place, or action that has both meaning in itself and something larger

This type of narrator can be unreliable