Short Story Flashcards
Plot
The main event(s)
Parts of plot
-exposition
-complication
-climax
-resolution
Exposition
Any Background knowledge of the story
Complication
A circumstance that complicates something
Climax
The most intense exciting or important point of something
Resolution
A firm decision to do or not to do something
internal conflict
Struggle occurring within a characters mind
external conflict
Main character grappling some outside source
Foreshadowing
Be a warning or indication of a future event
Suspense
Uncertainty about what my happen
Point of view
The vantage point from which a story is presented
Setting
The time and place in which a story is told
mood/atmosphere
Feelings readers get from a narrative
Tone
Authors attitude towards the subject after and audience
Theme
Main idea expressed in the story
subject
Person, place, thing the idea is writing about
Character
People and animals who are involved in a conflict in a story
Direct characterization
When an author describes a character in a straightforward manner
indirect characterization
When an author reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly
Symbol
Object, person, situation, action that has a literal meaning in a story
Allusion
Figure of speech in which something from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly
Verbal irony
Figure of speech
Types of irony
-verbal
-situational
-dramatic
Situational irony
Irony involving a situation
Dramatic
Audience knows more than the characters
Style
Describes the ways the author uses words
Diction
Choice of words in a story
Syntax
Set of rules that determine the arrangement of words in a sentance
Figurative language
A way of expressing oneself that doesn’t use a word’s strict meaning
What of this goldfish- main characters
Sergei
Yonantan
The goldfish
Reindeer games
Arnold
Coach
Rowdy
Story of an hour
Mrs. Mallard
Mr. Mallard
Mrs. Mallard’s sister
Cask of amontillado
Montresor
Fortunado
Land to the slaughter
Mary
Her husband
Police officers
Most dangerous game
Rainsford
General Zaroff
The scarlet ibis
Brother doodle
Two kinds
Jing-mei
Jing-mei’s mother
A worn path
Phoenix
Hunter
Nurse
Rumplestiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin
Miller’s daughter
The steadfast tin soldier
Tin soldier
Ballerina
Snow white
Snow White
Evil stepmother
The 7 dwarfs
