Quizlet Elements of a Short Story

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  1. Allusion: Author uses a comparison to something old and culturally known
  2. Characterization: The method of showing what a character is like
  3. Conflict: The struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces
  4. Dialogue: The conversation between two characters
  5. Flashback: Break in the action which flips back to a previous time
  6. Foreshadowing: Use of hints of clues about future events in the plot
  7. Hyperbole: Exaggeration as a comparison which can be funny
  8. Irony: Contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
  9. Metaphor: Implied comparison of two unlike things
  10. Mood: The feeling the reader gets from the story
  11. Personification: Giving an idea or nonhuman thing human characteristics
  12. Plot: Action of the story; a series of events
  13. Point of View: Who tells the story? First person, third person, omniscient, (all knowing)
  14. Resolution: When the conflict is resolved and the action is brought to a close
  15. Satire: Ridiculating or making fun of a situation of a person
  16. Setting: Time and place in which a story takes place
  17. Simile: Comparison of 2 things using like or as
  18. Style: The language that makes writing unique
  19. Theme: The author's message, general truth, universal truth, or deep meaning
  20. Tone: The attitude that the author has toward the stories theme