Short Story Plot and Story Elements

Connotation of Heart?

The events that wrap up the story

Tone=

the dictionary, explicit, and literal meaning of the word.

He was angry.

Mood =

the idea or feelings that a word evokes.

She blushed and hid her face.

is the general atmosphere created by the author's words- the overall feeling of the work.

The choppy waves were rocking the boat from side to side.

The beginning of the story including the setting, situation, and character

The point of greatest suspsense and intensity; usually near the end of the story

The indication of the future event in the literature

an author's choice to use one word in place of another

the way an author describes a character or something about a character

When a character's Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, and Looks describe the character using inference skills

The problem that makes the story interesting

The events that build suspense and increase intensity in the story

central ideas in the story; the author's meaning

When an author plainly states what they want the reader to know about a character

How the story ends, and the problem is solved

Denotation of Heart?

the author's attitude toward the writing, characters, the situation and the readers, and the way feelings are expressed