Literary Terms
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| 237561386 | Define short story | piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words which can be read at one sitting | |
| 237561387 | Why is a short story important? | distinct art form, every word counts, much cultivated by American writers | |
| 237561388 | Short story is about the oldest form of literature. | True | |
| 237561389 | Early short stories included | Book of Ruth and Book of Jonah | |
| 237561390 | English short stories during the Renaissance included | Canterbury Tales | |
| 237561391 | 18th Century Tales resembling short stories included | Addison and Steele's The Spectator and The Tatler | |
| 237561392 | What is America's first short story | Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". | |
| 237561393 | What is point of view? | Relationship of the narrator and the story | |
| 237561394 | First person major | Main character tells own story | |
| 237561395 | First person minor | Minor character who "happens to be there" tells the story | |
| 237561396 | Third person omniscient | Narrator knows thoughts of all characters in the story | |
| 237561397 | Third person ordinary | Narrator tells reader only what she/she preceives | |
| 237561398 | Third person central character | Narrator tells only what the central character thinks, feels, does | |
| 237561399 | What is style? | The way in which the writer uses language | |
| 237561400 | What is diction? | Choice of words | |
| 237561401 | What are the elements of style? | Diction, types of sentences the author uses, use of poetic language, theme, rhetorical devices and effects | |
| 237561402 | What is theme? | Meaning or purpose of the story | |
| 237561403 | A theme should... | Be specific, Be universal, Provide unity to the story, Be an integral part of the story, Present new awareness of life | |
| 237561404 | What is tone? | How the writer feels about his/her characters | |
| 237561405 | Tone is set by... | Action, choice of details and the author's style | |
| 237561406 | What is plot | Plan of action in the story | |
| 237561407 | What makes up the plot | Beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, end of tale | |
| 237561408 | The beginning of the story does what? | Introduces setting and characters | |
| 237561409 | The rising action of a story does what | Describes basic problems; includes the complicating incidents or obstacles | |
| 237561410 | The climax of a story is.... | Point of highest tension | |
| 237561411 | Falling action includes | How the problem is solved | |
| 237561412 | What is symbolism? | Something that stands for something else | |
| 237561413 | Symbols may be what? | people, object, or the action itself | |
| 237561414 | The symbol darkness represents | evil | |
| 237561415 | What is direct characterization? | The author comes right out and tells the reader what a certain character is like | |
| 237561416 | What is indirect characterization? | The author gives certain information and lets readers draw their own conclusions regarding the character of a person in the story | |
| 237561417 | What makes up indirect characterization? | name, appearance, what the character says, what the character thinks, what other people think, how animals react to the character, what the character does | |
| 237561418 | What is irony? | The writer indicates something opposite to that which is stated | |
| 237561419 | Rhetorical (verbal) irony | Saying the opposite of what is meant | |
| 237561420 | Dramatic, tragic or situation irony | Reader knows more about the situation than the character--giving a statement a second meaning for the reader | |
| 237561421 | Cosmic, fate irony | Destiny control's one's fate..where one has little influence or significance. (soldier returns from war, killed in car accident) | |
| 237561422 | A short story creates an impression through? | character, conflict, theme, setting, symbols, and point of view | |
| 237561423 | alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | |
| 237561424 | Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story | |
| 237561425 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces | |
| 237561426 | external conflict | character struggles against an outside force | |
| 237561427 | internal conflict | character struggles with a conflict within himself or herself | |
| 237561428 | epiphany | character's sudden flash of insight into a conflict or situation | |
| 237561429 | foil | a character who provides a contrast to another character | |
| 237561430 | foreshadowing | clues that suggest events that have yet to occur | |
| 237561431 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | |
| 237561432 | simile | comparison using like or as | |
| 237561433 | narrator | The person telling the story | |
| 237561434 | personification | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature | |
| 237561435 | protagonist | the principal character in a work of fiction | |
| 237561436 | Define setting | time and place of action of a literary work | |
| 237561437 | Dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action | |
| 237561438 | Static Character | a character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end | |
| 237561439 | Round character | this character is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background | |
| 237561440 | Flat character | shows only one trait | |
| 237561441 | Define satire | a literary technique that makes fun of its subjects in an attempt to bring about change | |
| 237561442 | Define voice | A writer's disctinctive "sound" or way of "speaking" on the page | |
| 237561443 | Define prose | everyday language | |
| 237561444 | Exposition | Introduces the setting, characters, the basic situation | |
| 237561445 | denouement | resolution |
