Short Story Terminology
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Escape Literature | purely for entertainment |
| Interpretative | broadens our awareness of life |
| Commercial Fiction | meets broad tastes of audience |
| Plot | sequence of incidents or events presented in order |
| Conflict | clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills |
| Climax | turning point; the point at which the action stops rising and begins falling or reversing |
| Denouement | portion of plot revealing the outcome |
| Protagonist | central character |
| Antagonist | forces against the protagonist |
| Dilemma | when the character must choose between two undesirables |
| Surprise Ending | sudden twist of action |
| Indeterminate Ending | no definite conclusion can be reached |
| Direct Presentation | writer tells us exactly what the character is like |
| Indirect Presentation | author shows us the character in action and we determine what he or she is like |
| Fist Characters | one which can be summarized by one or two traits |
| Rounded Characters | many-sided and complex |
| Fantasy | nonrealistic; can be escape |
| Artistic Unity | when all elements of a story work together |
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