| A | B |
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| short story | a brief work of fiction with one setting and few major characters |
| narrator | the character telling the story |
| fiction | stries about imaginary characters |
| nonfiction | writing about real people or events |
| genre | types of literature:poetry, prose and drama |
| denotation | meaning of word found in the dictionary |
| connotation | feeling a word conveys to a reader Ex. shack for house |
| plot | a series of related events: exposition to climax to denouement |
| exposition | the introdution of a story:setting ,characters, basic situation |
| conflict | struggle between two opposing people or forces |
| internal vs. external | man vs. self; man vs.man |
| climax | the highest point of interest; turning point of story |
| falling action | the action after to climax |
| resolution | tying up loose ends of a story;how it turns out |
| denouement | events after the resolution |
| suspense | quality of a story that creates tension and arouses curiosity |
| foreshadowing | using clues that predict what will happen later on in the story |
| dilemma | a choice between two equally balanced alternatives |
