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ENG I LiteraryTerms
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What is a Short Story?
• a brief work of fiction, often less than 50 pages
Types of Stories:• Fiction: prose writing that tells about
imaginary characters and events
• Non-Fiction: true stories
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Plot
• A series of related events that present and resolve a conflict
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Plot Diagram
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Modern Plot Diagram
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Plot Diagram Terms
• Exposition: the part of the story that introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic situation
• Rising Action: all of the events of a story leading up to the climax
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Plot Diagram Terms (cont)
• Climax– The most exciting point
in the story, when the conflict is decided
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Plot Diagram Terms (cont)
• Falling Action: the events after the climax
• Resolution: the story is brought to a close, and a general insight or change is conveyed
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Conflict
• The Primary struggle between the main character or characters and an adverse character, group or force
• Internal Conflict– A struggle between a
character and him/herself
• External Conflict– A struggle between a
character and an outside force.
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Types of Characters
• Character: person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work– Dynamic: character develops and grows
during the course of the story– Flat: shows only one trait– Round: Shows many different traits, good
and bad– Static: character does not change through the
course of the story
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Main characters
• Protagonist– Main character
• Antagonist– Primary adversary of the
protagonist
– Foil: a character who provides contrast to another character
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Setting
• The time and place in which the action of a narrative occurs
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Theme
• The underlying meaning of a literary work.
• This is not the topic/subject but the author’s statement of opinion about that subject.
• Some literary works have more than one theme.
Author’s message/lesson we can learn about the subject of the story
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Point of View
• Narrator/Speaker: the voice speaking in the story or poem; who tells the story
• Narrator is NOT the same as author
• Types of POV:– First Person– Third Person,
• Objective• Omniscient
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P.O.V.
• First Person– The narrator offers a
personal account of their own experiences and describes what happens to other characters as the narrator sees it
• Third Person– The narrator stands outside
the action (non-participatory) and presents
• Objective– Describes only what can be
seen
• Omniscient– (all-knowing) point of
view
– Can see the thoughts & emotions of all (or numerous) characters
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Storytelling Techniques
• Dialect: the form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
• Dialogue: a conversation between characters
• Drama: a story written to be performed by actors
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Storytelling Techniques (cont)
• Flashback: the interruption in a story that tells about an earlier incident
• Foreshadowing: the use of clues to suggest events or outcomes yet to happen
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Storytelling Techniques (cont)
• Imagery: the descriptive or figurative language used to create pictures in the mind
• Mood: feeling created in the reader by a passage
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Storytelling Techniques (cont)
• Irony: differences in appearance and reality or expectations and results
•Stereotype: a character that acts to a narrow set of actions associated with a particular group
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Storytelling Techniques (cont)
• Personification: a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
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Storytelling Techniques (cont)
Symbol: anything that stands for itself and for something else
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Storytelling Techniques (cont)
• Style: the way an author writes
•Tone: the writer’s attitude toward audience and subject
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Additional Terms
• Title– The name of a work
• Tragedy– Literary work where the characters meet an
unhappy ending
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SHORT STORIES
NOT NEARLY THE END