Short Stories Flashcards
Finesse
Noun:intricate and refined delicacy
Incessant/Incessantly
“night and day we live with the Incessant noise of the city” Synonyms: ceaseless, constant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting continuous, uninterrupted. continuing in time or space without interruption.
Odious
Adjective:extremely unpleasant; repulsive.
Nocturnal
Adjective:Describes something that is active at night.
Protagonist
The central character or hero
Antagonist
A person or force that opposes the protagonist
Setting
The time and place in which a story takes place
Plot
The structure of a story
Expostion-The basic background information is revealed
Rising action- Conflicts develop
Climax-The turning point of the story;interest and intensity are at its peak.
Falling action-events that occur after the climax
Resolution-Conflicts are resolved;The way things are going to be from now on.
Conflict-Problem
Internal (within a characters own mind- a personal conflict
external (a problem a character faces with an outside force.
Irony
Situational-when something other than what is expected to happen occurs
dramatic-When the reader or audience knows more about the situation than a character.
Verbal-when a person says or writes something but means something else.
Symbolism
When an object stand for something greater than itself.
