Short Story Literary Terms

Question 1

character who is in conflict with main character

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antagonist

Question 2

character's reason for his or her words or actions

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motivation

Question 3

events turn out oddly different from what is expected

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irony

Question 4

character who changes in some way

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dynamic

Question 5

basic insight into life revealed in a story

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theme

Question 6

We use this to outline a story's...

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plot

Question 7

outside narrator is restricted to one character

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3rd person limited point of view

Question 8

all loose details are tied together at the end of the story

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denouement

Question 9

hints of events to occur later in the story

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foreshadowing

Question 10

action is taken to an earlier time and place

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flashback

Question 11

struggle with one's own feelings

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internal conflict

Question 12

turning point in the conflict

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climax

Question 13

background, characters, and setting are introduced

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exposition

Question 14

character who does not change

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static

Question 15

conflict with man, animals, environment, etc.

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external

Question 16

narrator is a character in the story

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1st person point of view

Question 17

character engaged in main conflict

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protagonist

Question 18

elements that holds the reader's interest

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suspense

Question 19

the problem/conflict is solved

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resolution

Question 20

action of a story that contains the conflict

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rising action

Question 21

narrator who follows multiple characters

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3rd person omniscient point of view

Question 22

a story ends in a way that is not expected

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surprise ending

Question 23

event that begins the conflict

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inciting incident

Question 24

time, place, mood, and atmosphere of a story

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setting

Question 25

person telling the story

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narrator

Short Story Literary Terms

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Short Story Literary Terms

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