Short Story Elements 1 & 2 & Figurative Language

As the girl was humiliated, her cheeks turned as red as apples .

A young man goes through a major depression when his dog runs away from home.

Character that undergoes the most noticeable change & solves a major problem

The protagonist and atagonist come face to face for the major conflict

A group of strangers gets stuck in an elevator

"Parting is such sweet sorrow."

Considered of secondary importance, but serves to broaden the reader's understanding of events

The character or force that is in major conflict with the protagonist

Intense feeling an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events

You could hear the gentle hum of the computers in the background.

"Those are some nice threads you're wearing."

My house is a million miles from here.

The authors attitude toward the subject, characters, or situation

The door slowly creaked open and then slammed shut!

A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes.

A polite expression used in place of otherwise harsh or unpleasant phrases.

A ship captin pursues a Great White Whale through the sea

When words function exactly as defined -

A part of the story that where a series of events lead up to the conflict. It builds suspense.

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words

When the teacher arrived students were a hive of bees swarming to know their grades.

A group of teens go to a haunted house and attempt to spend the night

Charcters with one kind of personality

Writer Centered

Mood is impacted by all of the following EXCEPT

Reader Centered

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

"The company is downsizing, so many of us were 'let go' from our jobs."

I’ve been to the dentist so many times, so I know the drill.

Characters that change over time

Joining the music group wasn’t in the plan, but opportunity came knocking on his door.

An orgonized pattern or sequence of events that serve to tell a story.

All the world is a stage and men are merely players.

The insertion of an earlier event into the time order of a narrative

STEAL, as we learned in class, is used to

John could barely muster the strength to roll over when his alarm started beeping.

The sun smiled at the world as it rose in the morning.

Characters that has a complex personality

A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

A play on words causing humor by using a word that suggests two or more meanings

An hidden comparison between two unlike things without connecting words.

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning.

When Rebecca heard that she got the lead in the play, it was like music to her ears.

I wish I didn’t have to ask you to clean you room a million times before you do it.

Mark and Shawn audition for the lead in the school play and refuse to be in the same room

A technique for hinting at events that may ocuur later in the plot

Direct Characterization reveals characters through

When the principal entered the class there was a deafening silence in the room.

Tone is impacted by all of the following EXCEPT

The worst thing about throwing a party in space is that you have to planet.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

Sarah had spent a stressful, yet successful, Saturday studying for finals.

A character that enhances another character through contrast

When words are used in a creative way that require the reader to figure a deeper meaning -

Students protest in front of a buisness known for unfair admisson practices

An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.

The feeling that the setting evokes (impacts the overall mood of a work)

Dad is a monster in the morning before he drinks coffee.

Other characters necessary in progressing the plot, but may not be involved in major conflict

The event that sets the plot in motion

Setting involves which three elements

The baby weighed a ton.

When a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole is used to represent a part.

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Characters that do NOT change - the stay the same

All loose ends are coming together and the major conflict has passed

Indirect Characterization reveals a character through

The beginning of a story where the reader is introduced to TAP