Short Story Vocabulary

Question 1

A major character in a book, play, or movie whose values or behaviour are in conflict with those of the protagonist

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Antagonist

Question 2

a reference to something well known

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allusion

Question 3

the feeling the author creates in the story through word choice and description

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mood

Question 4

A conclusion drawn from evidence or reasoning

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Inference

Question 5

a statement that seems like it shouldn't be true, but it is

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paradox

Question 6

When something is said in hopes to get the opposite response

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Reverse psychology

Question 7

A comparison between two unlike things

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Metaphor

Question 8

The central message the author is conveying in a story

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theme

Question 9

People, animals, or things that make up a story

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Characters

Question 10

A short story with a moral, especially one in which the characters are animals

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Fable

Question 11

good or right, when judged by the standards of the average person or society at large

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Moral

Question 12

something that stands for or represents something else

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symbol

Question 13

The most important character in a novel, play, story, or other literary work

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Protagonist

Question 14

when a conflict happens within a person

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internal conflict

Question 15

a chain of related events

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plot

Question 16

when conflict happens with an outside force

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external conflict

Question 17

Hints or clues as to what will happen later in the story

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foreshadowing

Question 18

beginning, complication, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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plot-outline

Question 19

an author reveals the personality of a character through description and actions

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characterization

Question 20

The opposite of what you expect to happen, happens.

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irony

Question 21

A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable events

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dilemma

Question 22

the time and place of the story

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setting

Question 23

The perspective from which the story is being told

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point of view

Question 24

a struggle between two opposing forces

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conflict

Question 25

pictures the author creates for the reader through words and description

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imagery

Short Story Vocabulary

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Short Story Vocabulary

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