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| Setting | includes time, place atmosphere |
| Theme | the underlying idea or proverb which is the basis for writing the story. |
| Characters | persons in the story who may be static (unchanging) or dynamic (changing) |
| Characterization | how a person is developed; methods may be speech, his actions, what others say about him, appearance, beliefs, family background. |
| Motivation | reasons a character is made to act in a certain manner. |
| Dialogue | conversations between or among characters |
| Dialect | a regional or heavily accented type of speech. |
| Plot | movement of the action in the story according to the Freytag pyramid. |
| Exposition | Freytag pyramid, introductory facts |
| Exciting Force | Freytag pyramid, first important action or initial conflict. |
| Rising action | Freytag pyramid, events leading to the climax. |
| Climax | Freytag pyramid, most intense moment of the conflict. |
| Falling action | Freytag pyramid, moments of diminished intensity after the climax; the fate of the main character is set. |
| Dénouement | Freytag pyramid, conclusion or resolution of the plot. |
| Protagonist | hero or main character; the reader sympathizes with him/her. |
| Antagonist | Villain or anti-hero. |
| Flashback | Moving in time from present to past events and back to the past again. |
| Foreshadowing | predicting or mirroring events to come. |
| Conflict | struggle of the hero and his enemies which is basic to plot movement. |
| Man verses Man | (type of conflict) Boy has to confront neighborhood bully. |
| Man verses self | (type of conflict) Man is depressed because he thinks money is the key to happiness.---[in some instances it is, he he] |
| Man verses nature | type of conflict) Man has to survive through the wilderness. |
| Man versus society | (type of conflict) A black man (during the early 20th century) who tries to bring equality among every race. |
| Irony of events | may be a reversal of that which is expected; a contrast between which is true and that which appears to be true. |
| Irony of Situation | Another word for Irony of Events, Mrs. Brosig is probably going to ask this one for sure. |
| Irony of language | may be a remark loaded with harmful overtones, through innocent on the surface. |
| Dramatic Irony | Situation in which a character is made to look foolish because he is ignorant of something the reader and some other characters in the story know. |
| Irony of Events/Situation | What was the major irony in The Necklace. |
| Irony of Events/Situation | What was the major irony in Poison. |
| Point of view | vantage point from which the story is told. |
| 3 types | How many types of first person points of view or narration are there. |
| First person detached, First person subjective, First person detached | Name all 3 first point-of-views. |
| First person detached | (point-of-view) the narrator is a major character in the story who recalls events which happened earlier when he was less mature. |
| First person subjective | (point-of-view) the narrator is a major or a minor character who reports events as if they just happened without any interpretation. |
| First person observer | (point-of-view) the narrator is a minor character who plays the role of eyewitness to the events and friend or confident to the main character. |
| 3 types | How many types of third person points of view are there? |
| Third person limited | point-of-view) the reader sees into the mind of only one character. |
| Third person omniscient | (point-of-view) the reader sees into the minds of all the characters; the reader is all-knowing. |
| Third person objective | (point-of-view) the reader does not see into the minds of any characters. He follows the story as if he were an observer or a camera. |
| Symbolism | (Short Story questions) Define whether this is a characteristic from a short story or from a novel: SETTING-a few changes of time and place. |
| Short Story | (Short Story questions) Define whether this is a characteristic from a short story or from a novel: PLOT-a short series of events without sub-plots. |
| Short Story | (Short Story questions) Define whether this is a characteristic from a short story or from a novel: SETTING-a few changes of time and place. |
| Short Story | (Short Story questions) Define whether this is a characteristic from a short story or from a novel: CHARACTERS-usually a few major and minor characters. |
| Novel | (Short Story questions) Define whether this is a characteristic from a short story or from a novel: SETTING-usually many changes of time and place. |
| Novel | (Short Story questions) Define whether this is a characteristic from a short story or from a novel: PLOT-a long series of events often with sub-plots. |
| Novel | (Short Story questions) Define whether this is a characteristic from a short story or from a novel: CHARACTERS-usually many major and minor characters. |
| Verse | Type of Short Story/Novel that involves rhythmic poetry. |
| Prose | Type of Short Story/Novel that DOES NOT involve rhythmic poetry. |
| dowry | the property that a woman brings to her husband at marriage. (noun) |
| bric-a-brac | Small, rare, or artistic objects placed about a room for decoration (noun) Little Statues |
| tapestry | A heavy clothe woven by hand or machinery with decorative designs and pictures and used as a wall hanging, furniture covering, etc. (noun) |
| sphinx | Any ancient Egyptian statue. (noun) |
| disdain | to regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one's dignity. (verb) |
| stupefied | Brany into a state of stupor; stun; make dull or lethargic, to astonish, to stuper (verb) |
| lark | any european song birds (noun) |
| homage | special honor or respect shown or express publicly. (noun) |
| quay | a wharf or paved embankment for loading and unloading ships (noun) (walk-way-concrete: along the river) |
| nocturnal | Of, relating to, or taking place during the night (adjective) |
| vestibule | a small entrance hall or lobby. (noun) |
| userer | one who lends money at an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest. (noun) |
| awry | turn or twisted toward one side (adjective) |
| odious | Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure. (adjective) |
