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Short Story Test
Cards in this deck (24)
- 1Expositionopening paragraph of a short story that indicates general atmosphere of story, introduces characters quickly and hints at conflict
- 2inciting forcethe important incident that compels hero to act in some way
- 3rising actionstory develops through a series of complications that leads to crisis
- 4Major crisisprotagonist makes critical decision that will either improve circumstances or decline it
- 5climax-highest emotional part of the story.
-problems solved, reader satisfied and expectations fulfilled.
-climax is the solution to crisis - 6denounmentthe unraveling (end) of a short story
- 7first person narrationnarrator tells story from his perspective using pronouns, lets us know intimate thoughts of protaganist
- 8third person limiteda narrator enters mind of one character and we know their thoughts only
- 9third person omniscientall-knowing narrator that can enter minds of several characters
- 10plotseries of related events that make up a story
- 11conflicta problem or struggle between opposing forces
-person v, person
-vs self
-vs. nature
-vs. supernatural
-vs, technology - 12characterspeople, animals or imaginary characters.
DYNAMIC: change as result of events
STATIC: remain the same - 13Characterization1.physical description
2.speech and actions of actual character
3. direct comment from narrator
4.speech/actions from other characters - 14Settingrefers to the time and place a story unfolds in. could be past, present, future or real or imaginary
- 15thememain message/life lesson author wants audience to take away either by: the title,, important phrases, or the ways characters change and what they learn about life
- 16Realistic Dialoguereveals character traits
conveys mood and motive
advances plot
creates local colour - 17Dramatic Foreshadowingthe author gives clues to the reader about future events which are about to occur
- 18Repetitionrepetiition of a gesture, emotion, tone of voice, detail, physical trait
- 19Tonecould be ironic, humourous, satrical
- 20Pathosa situation which arouses pity for an individual character or for all of humanity
- 21Dramatic Ironywhen words or actions have one significant meaning to the reader and opposite meaning to the character
- 22Irony of a Situationoccurs when expectations fall short of the actual outcome
- 23Verbal Ironyis the contrast between what a speaker says and what it really means
- 24pathetic fallacyauthor presents the natural elements as being sympathetic with the feelings of the character (i.e. stormy weather during a fight)
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