Flashcards
Short stories
Cards in this deck (17)
- 1Atmospherethe general mood, feeling or spirit of a story
- 2Characterizationthe way that the author creates characters
- 3Protagonistthe main character who is faced with a problem
- 4Antagonistthe person, place, idea or physical force against the
protagonist - 5Climaxhe point of the highest dramatic intensity; the turning
point - 6Foreshadowingclues of hints which prepare the reader for
future action or events - 7Ironycontrast or contradiction of what is expected and what
results - 8Plotaction of the story
- 9Flashbacklooks back at events that have already occurred
- 10Point of Viewthe angle from which the author tells the story
- 11First Person Narrativethe narrator uses “I” and participates in
the action - 12Third Person Narrativethe narrator uses “he” and “she” and is
an outside observer - 13Omniscientnarrator can see, know and tell all of the characters
of a story. - 14Resolutionthe outcome of a story
- 15Settingthe background where the action takes place.
- 16Suspenseanticipation as to the outcome of events.
- 17Symbola similar object, action, person, or place or something
else that stands for something abstract.
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- Flashcards on Short stories, created by Lic. Andrea Lecaro on 09/02/2021.
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