A | B |
a work of fictin that centers on a single idea and can be read in one sitting | short story |
characteristics of a short story | characters, setting, theme, plot |
The ____ is at the beginning of a story and gives background information | exposition |
the conflict of a short story is resolved in the ___ | climax |
the message about life that the author tries to get across to the reader | theme |
time and place | setting |
a person in a story | character |
highest point in a story | climax |
conversation between 2 characters | dialogue |
use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot | foreshadowing |
a character who does not change much | static character |
a character who changes as a result of the story's events | dynamic character |
has only one or two traits; no depth | flat character |
many different character traits | round character |
a person who tells a story | narrator |
central idea of a work of literature | theme |
uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story | suspense |
attitude a writer takes toward the audience | tone |
vantage point from which the writer tells the story | point of view |
contrast between what is expected and reality | irony |
list the 5 parts of plot | exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution |
Zaroff's main reason for hunting humans rather than animals .... | hunt men is more of a challenge |
Rainsford's conflict is | external |
Stefano's father sends him to the ___ | city |
Harry's voice is strange when he first speaks to TImber. What does this create? | suspense |
Chloroform is used because ... | sedate the krait |
John Burke sists in a chair all day because ... | mental disability |
What emotion does Lizabeth feel when she hears her father cry? | fear |
What two events contribute to the end of Lizabeth's innocence? | father crying and destroying the marigolds |
What type of conflict is present in "Poison?" | internal |