Mr. Rick - Short Story Terminology - Set 3
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11 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Setting | The time and place of a story |
| Theme | The Lesson the author tries to teach the reader; insight about life and how to treat people. |
| Symbol | An object or person in the story which takes on an extra added meaning and represents an idea the author wants to comment on through the story. |
| Conflict | The Action when oppossing forces(protagonist vs antagonist) meet. |
| External Confict | occurs between a character and something outside of them |
| Internal Conflict | a problem or struggle within a character |
| Man vs Man Conflict | when one character in a story has a problem with one or more of the other characters |
| Man vs Nature | conflict with forces of nature. It tests the limits of a person's strength and will to livel. |
| Man vs Supernatural | the conflict is against something out of this world like aliens, ghosts, magic, etc. |
| Man vs Society | A character has a conflict or problem with some element of society - the school, the law, etc. |
| Man vs Self | when a character faces a problem with his/her own thoughts and feelings |
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