Flashcards: 9th Lit Short Story Terms
About these flashcards
Created by:
RobertsReading on January 11, 2012
Log in to favorite or report as inappropriate.All 23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Irony | Contrast between what is expected and what is real |
| Theme | Central idea of story, always a statement; WHY the author tells the story |
| Conflict | A struggle; may be internal or external; HOW the plot advances-HOW the characters struggle |
| Setting | Time and place of a story; WHERE and WHEN it happens |
| Character | A person in a play, story, or poem; who the story is about |
| 3rd Person Omniscient POV | Narrators are outside the story; we know all (or several) characters' thoughts |
| Static Character | A character that does not change |
| Verbal Irony | Writer says one thing but means something different |
| 1st Person POV | Narrator is in the story; we only know his/her thoughts |
| Dynamic character | A Character that does change |
| Symbol | A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and something beyond itself (usually abstract) |
| Plot | The structure of the story; the sequence of events; WHAT happens |
| Flashback | A reference to an event that takes place prior to the beginning of the story |
| Foreshadowing | A method to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come |
| Situational Irony | What we expect to happen is contradictory to what really happens (SURPRISE!) |
| Dramatic Irony | When the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not know |
| 3rd Person Limited POV | The narrator is outside the story and knows only that one character's thoughts |
| Point of View | Vantage point from which the writer tells the story (Perspective) |
| Rising Action | The events of the story become complicated, and the conflict of the story is revealed |
| Exposition | The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting are revealed |
| Resolution | The final outcome or untangling of the story |
| Falling Action | The events and complications of the story begin to resolve themselves |
| Climax | The highest point of interest and the turning point of the story |