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Short Story Elements
Cards in this deck (18)
- 1expositionbackground info. (setting, characters, conflict, ect)
- 2rising actionmain events that lead to climax
- 3climaxmost exciting or important part of the story, turning point
- 4falling actionevents that lead to the end of the story
- 5resolutionend of story, outcome of conflict, where moral of the story usually comes into play
- 6internal conflictcharacter vs. self
- 7external conflictcharacter vs. character
character vs. nature - 8dynamic charactercharacter that changes his/her personality during story
- 9static characterperson who's personality stays the same throughout the entire story
- 10round charactera character in which we know a lot about
- 11flat charactera character in which we don't know a lot about
- 12direct characterizationwhen the narrator or the person telling the story exactly tells you a character's traits
- 13indirect characterizationwhen you figure out a character's traits by looking at their actions, what they say, ect.
- 14moodfeeling of a story, character, setting, ect.
- 15atmospherefeeling connected to a certain place
- 16to be a source of conflicta setting or person can be dangerous for example jungle, wilderness, criminal,
- 17to symbolize an ideaplace or time has meaning
- 18conflicta problem or struggle between opposing forces
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- Flashcards on Short Story Elements, created by icatanese817 on 16/10/2013.
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