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| short Story | A condensed short fictional piece of ten to 20 pages with usally one plot line, one major character, and one theme. |
| characterization | the way an author creates and develops a character through what the character says and does. |
| climax | the part of the plot which is the turning point of the story; the point of greatest tension. |
| conflict | the struggle between opposing characters, or between opposing forces. May be Internal or External. |
| denouement | the part of the plot which is the solution or clarification of the plot. |
| diction | the author's choice of words which reveals her/his style. |
| exposition | the part of the plot, usally at the beginning, which establishes the character, setting, and conflict. |
| falling action | the action of the plot after the climax which leads to thee denouement |
| flashback | an interruption in a narrative which shows an episode that happened before the story |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues by the author to hint at events that will come later in the plot |
| irony | a contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality. |
| plot | the series of realated events that make up a story |
| protagonist | the main character of the story |
| point of view | the vantage point from which the writer has chosen to tell the story. |
| rising action | the part of the plot where the tension between opposing forces or characters builds toward the climax |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| suspense | the uncertainty or anxiety a reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story. |
| symbol | a person,place,event,or object that stands for itself but also represents something else, frequently and abstract idea or quality |
| theme | the central idea of a work of literature |
| third person limited | focuses on thoughts and feelings on one character |
| third person omniscient | the author focuses on the thoughts and feelings on more than one character |
| internal | the struggle within the protagonist (main character) |
| external | the struggle between the protagonist (main character) and some outside force |
| verbal irony | a writer or speaker says something but really means something completely different |
| situational irony | the contrast between what seems appropriate and what really happens, or what we expect to happen is the opposite of what actually happens |
| dramatic irony | a situation where the audience or reader knows something important that a character in the story does not |
| first person | the narrator is a character in the story and tells the story from his/her point of view |
