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Short Story Unit
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- 1What are the four elements of a short story?1. Plot
2. Setting
3. Character
4. Theme - 2PLOT What are the six main ingredients?1. Introduction
2. Inciting Incident
3. Rising Action
4. Climax
5. Falling Action
6. Resolution - 3Setting, Basic Situation and Characters are apart of what?The Introduction
- 4Gets the reader's attentionNarrative Hook
- 5The first major action in the story that sets the story in motionInciting Incident
- 6Incidents which carry the plot alongRising Action
- 7Hinting at an event that may occur laterForeshadowing
- 8Insertion of an earlier event into the time order of a narrativeFlashback
- 9Prevents the main character from getting what he or she wantsConflict
- 10Types of Conflicts and ExamplesInternal - Person vs. Person
External - Person vs. Supernatural - 11The highest point of interest in the story when the character(s) solves his or her strugglesClimax
- 12The character completes the action of his or her decisionFalling Action
- 13The final workings of a story's conflictResolution
- 14A surprise endingNarrative Twist
- 15Time- Time of day, season, present, past, future Location- Country, planet, town buildings, plus a description of the surroundings Atmosphere- The feeling that the setting evokes Mood- The author's emotional attitude towards the subject matterSetting
- 16Usually the "good guy" or hero in the story or The main character to followProtagonist
- 17The "bad guy" or villain of the storyAntagonist
- 18Other characters who are necessary to moving the plot along, but may not be involved with the central conflictSecondary Characters
- 19The central idea about life that the story highlightsTheme
- 20Two examples of theme1. Apocalypse Now is about the insanity of war
2. Romeo and Juliet is about love - 21Two examples of not being about theme1. Star Wars is a movie about Luke Skywalker
2. That story is about two guys who steal a car - 22A character which changes during the course of the story as a result of conflictDynamic Character
- 23A character reveals only one, perhaps two traits during the course of the story but remain the same. They do not change or grow as a result of the conflictFlat Character
- 24A character that is used to enhance another character through contrast.Foil Character
- 25A developed character who demonstrates varied and sometimes contradictory traits. Characters are usually dynamicRound Character
- 26A special kind of flat character who is easily recognizable to the reader.Stock Character
- 27A sudden realization of enlightenment experienced by a characterEpiphany
- 28POINT OF VIEW The narrator is one of the characters, usually the protagonist or hero. Uses "I" and "Me" pronounsFirst Person
- 29THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW Stories events are related to the reader by a narrator as if from an advantage point looking down at the actionThird Person Objective Observer
- 30The narrator knows and reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character, usually the heroThird Person Limited Omniscient
- 31The narrator knows and reveals the thoughts and feelings of ALL charactersThird Person Omniscient
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