Grade Nine Short Story Terms

Question 1

The struggle between opposing forces.

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Conflict

Question 2

The writer's choice of words.

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Diction

Question 3

A contrast between what is expected & what actually exists or happens.

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Irony

Question 4

Building of complications in the conflict.

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Rising Action

Question 5

A character whose qualities contrast with those of another.

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Foil

Question 6

The action after the climax of the story.

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Falling Action

Question 7

The teller of the story.

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Narrator

Question 8

The feeling, or atmosphere, that the writer creates for the reader.

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Mood

Question 9

Turning point; moment when interest & intensity reach their peak; highest point of action.

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Climax

Question 10

The author's attitude toward the subject of the text and the readers.

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Tone

Question 11

Narrative writing about imaginary people, places & events.

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Fiction

Question 12

The four types of conflicts include: Person vs.

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Self, nature,society & person

Question 13

Refers to the techniques the writer uses to develop characters.

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Characterization

Question 14

The time and place of the action of the story.

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Setting

Question 15

The main idea in the work of literature.

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Theme

Question 16

The perspective from which people, events and other details in the story are viewed or told.

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Point-Of-View

Question 17

A writer's use of hint's or clues to indicate events that will occur later.

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Foreshadowing

Question 18

Excitement/tension readers feel as they become involved in a story & eager to know the outcome.

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Suspense

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