Short story terms

Short story terms

1. Plot

   • Initial/inciting/precipitation event
   • Exposition
   • Denouement/Resolution
   • Rising Action
   • Climax
   • Falling Action

2. Conflict

   • Internal
   • External
   • Types

3. Setting

   • Physical (time/place)
   • Emotional
   • Milieu

4. Character

   • Protagonist/Antagonist
   • Flat/Round
   • Static/Dynamic
   • Stock/Stereotypical
   • Foil
   • Anti Hero
   • Hero
   • Plausible
   • indirect/Direct

5. Techniques

   • Foreshadowing
   • Flashback
   • Allusion
   • Ambiguity
   • Motif
   • Juxtaposition

6. Styles

   • Suspense
   • Symbol
   • Verisimilitude
   • Tone
   • Theme

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