| A | B |
|---|
| characterization | what character says; what's said by others; character's actions; how character is described |
| plot | what happens |
| plot components | conflict, obstacles, and resolution |
| conflict | problem |
| types of conflict | man vs. man; man vs. society; man vs. himself; man vs. nature |
| climax | high point |
| setting | when and where the story takes place |
| mood | how the story makes you feel |
| tone | what the author intends for his story; the feeling |
| methods used to create tone | author's style of writing; intentional selection of action and details added to the story |
| point of view | how the story is told |
| first person viewpoint | uses "I"; gives only one perspective |
| third person omniscient viewpoint | "all knowing"; uses "he", "she"; gives everyone's thoughts and feelings |
| limited omniscient viewpoint | "all knowing"; still uses "he", "she"; but only gives an outside narrator's thoughts |
| suspense | anxiety and tension |
| foreshadowing | hint of what is to come; creates suspense |
| theme | main idea of story |
| symbol - symbolism | something represents another thing |
| protagonist | good guy |
| antagonist | bad guy |
| flashback | entire story shifts back in time |
| elements of a short story | plot, setting, characterization, mood, tone, conflict, point of view |
| character traits | physical appearance and personality traits |
| reading on the line | meaning is found directly in the text (who, what, when, where) |
| denotation | dictionary definition |
| reading between lines | interpreting what is in the text |
| reading beyond the lines | moving beyond the text to connect with your own experiences and with universal meaning |
| onomatopoetic word | a word that mimics the sound of the word it describes |
| simile | a comparison of two ideas through the use of the words "like" or "as" |
| noun | a word that names a person, place, thing, animal, or idea |
| adjective | a word naming an attribute that modifies a noun or pronoun |
| pizzazz (also spelled "pizazz" and "pizzaz") | dazzling style; flamboyance; flair; oomph |
| imagery | images that appeal to the different senses: sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing |
| pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun |
