<p> Name ______Short Story Terms</p><p>Setting: The time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which a situation occurs.</p><p>Character: People/animals/things that are responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature.</p><p>Plot: The series of events in a story.</p><p>Plot Diagram: Mapping of the plot - Does not account for sub plots and other story lines (simplified)</p><p>D</p><p>C E</p><p>A B F B V Parts of Plot</p><p>A) Exposition – the presentation of essential information – it explains, sets the background information for the reader (setting).</p><p>B) Conflict – the struggle between opposing forces or characters. Also called the complication</p><p>1) External – The struggle is against forces outside a character a. Person vs. person Protagonist: The main character/hero of a work. b. Person vs. nature</p><p> c. Person vs. society Antagonist: The person/thing who/that works against the 2) Internal – The struggle takes place within the character’s mind. protagonist. a. Person vs. self</p><p>C) Rising Action – the majority of the action that builds up in the story – the events that lead to the turning point.</p><p>D) Climax – the turning point – the highest point of intensity in the story</p><p>E) Falling Action – the action that occurs after the climax - the winding down of the story.</p><p>F) Resolution – The point at which there is no more conflict – the conclusion of the falling action.</p><p>Point of View: The vantage point from which a narrative is told.</p><p>A) First Person: Narrator participates in action but sometimes has limited knowledge/vision. (I, me, we, ours, etc. are used) B) Third Person: Narrator does not describe his or her role in the action. Some third-person narrators describe the story from an omniscient (all-knowing) point of view. Omniscient narrators are able to relay things that could not have been known by the participants in the story (e.g., the thoughts of several characters). Objective/Limited/Omniscient </p><p>Theme: The main idea or message about human nature or life in a literary work.</p><p>Tone: The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and readers. Through tone, a writer can amuse, anger, or shock the reader. Tone is created through the choice of words and details.</p><p>Mood: Mood or atmosphere is the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers. Foreshadowing: Hints or clues about what action will come later in a literary work.</p><p>Characterization: The way(s) an author reveals a character Protagonist: The main character - A) Show the character acting and speaking the “hero” of the work.</p><p>B) Give a physical description of the character Antagonist: A character who C) Reveal the character’s thoughts deceives, frustrates, or works against the main D) Reveal what other characters think and say about the character. character.</p><p>E) Author tells you what the character is like</p><p>A, B, C, and D are ____indirect_____, while E is ______direct______.</p><p>Good writers use __indirect_ methods of characterization and use _direct_ methods rarely.</p><p>*Good writers __show_ rather than __tell_!*</p><p>Irony: A contrast between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen - a difference between appearance and reality.</p><p>A) Situational Irony: Difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.</p><p>B) Dramatic Irony: The reader knows or perceives something that the character doesn’t.</p><p>C) Verbal Irony: The speaker says one thing and means something completely different.</p><p>Tone: The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and readers. Through tone, a writer can amuse, anger, or shock the reader. Tone is created through the choice of words and details.</p><p>Mood: Mood or atmosphere is the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers.</p>