Short Story Terms and Literary Devices

Metalanguage for when background information is given at the start of a story.

main character or most important character in the story

The giving of clues about how the plot is going to develop is called?

A type of character develops and grows during the course of the story?

MacLeod leaves many of this characters nameless because they are representative of ....

Who plays Macrimmon's lament on their violin?

Recurring idea, image or symbol. Explains a theme eg. rubber boots in The Boat & shark in Jaws

character who opposes the main character

A more sophisticated way of describing the use of talking in your story

A series of events that builds from the setting and conflict and leads to the climax is called?

The underlying message of a written work that reflects a certain outlook or lesson on life?

A struggle between opposing forces.

A story that has a mournful tone of sadness and sorrow may be described as...

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

When the senses are used in a story, good metalanguage to describe using the senses is....

Word used to describe how the story is told from the POV of a character in their voice

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."

When the audience knows something that one or more of the characters in the story do not.

conflict in which a struggle occurs within a character

An object or thing that represents or stands for something else is called a?

The time and location of a story is called?

The sequence of events in a story are called?

The word used to describe the Scottish traditions often used in Island

The story is narrated from the POV of knowing everything about all characters

The contrast or difference between what is SAID and what is MEANT.