PAP GT English 1 Short Story Unit Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Short Story | A prose narrative shorter than a novel |
| Conflict | A confrontation/struggle between characters/forces |
| Theme | Statement that the text seems to be making about the work |
| Plot | The arrangement and interrelation of events |
| External Conflict | A conflict between man and an outside force |
| Man vs supernatural, fate, nature, man, machine, or society | What are the types of external conflict? |
| Internal conflict | A problem with oneself, inside the mind |
| Dynamic character | A character that has an epiphany or experiences a change. |
| Round character | A fully developed character; one that we associate with real people. |
| Point of View | The vantage point from which the story is being told. |
| First person | Point of view where the character speaks as though it had happened to themselves personally. |
| Suspense | Creates and builds the reader's attention |
| Symbol | Something that stands for/suggests something larger and more complex |
| Indirect characterization | Characters talking & acting; leaves the reader to infer things about the characters. |
| Direct characterization | The author intervines authoratively, describing and evaluating qualities of the characters. |
| Protagonist | Leading character in a work with good and bad qualities. |
| Antagonist | The character pitted against the protagonist |
| Setting | The time and place in which the story takes place |
| Situational Irony | A type of irony where one thing is expected to happen but the opposite occurs. |
| Verbal Irony | A type of irony where what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
| Dramatic Irony | A type of irony where the audience knows/understands more than the characters involoved |
| Foreshadowing | When the author suggests or predicts an outcome to the plot. |
| Static Character | A character that stays the same from the begining of the story to the end |
| Falling Action | The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and before the conflict has been resolved |
| Climax | The point of highest interest in a literary work |
| Exposition | The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story. |
| Resolution | End of the story where loose ends are tied up |
| Rising Action | The series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax. |
| Third Person Omniscient | Writer is not in the story but knows and decribes all the character's thoughts and ideas |
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