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| Short story definition | read one sitting/fiction/under 10,000 words/oldest form |
| plot | what happens in a story |
| conflict - define | problem in story |
| 4 types of conflict | man vs. man/society/himself/self |
| climax | high point of story |
| setting | where story takes place/year/month, etc. |
| mood | how story makes you feel |
| point of view | how the story is told |
| 1st person viewpoint | uses "I" only get one perspective |
| omniscient viewpoint | "all knowing" you see everyone's thoughts/feelings |
| limited third person viewpoint | still uses "he" "she"/outside narrator/only get 1 person's thoughts |
| suspense | anxiety/tension created |
| foreshadowing | hint of what is to come/creats suspense |
| theme | central insight about human life that the story teaches you |
| symbol - symbolism | something represents something/stands for |
| protagonist | central or main character |
| antagonist | character, thing, force against the protagonist |
| flashback | entire story shifts back in time/new setting |
| satire | a literary work that mocks or ridicules individuals, groups, institutions, or society in general |
| hyperbole | (overstatement) is an exaggeration used for humor or emphasis |
| diction | a writer’s or speaker’s choice of words |
| tone | a writer’s attitude toward a subject or a character |
