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Short Story Flashcards

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1
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Plot

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The main event(s)

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Parts of plot

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-exposition
-complication
-climax
-resolution

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Exposition

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Any Background knowledge of the story

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Complication

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A circumstance that complicates something

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Climax

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The most intense exciting or important point of something

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Resolution

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A firm decision to do or not to do something

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internal conflict

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Struggle occurring within a characters mind

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external conflict

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Main character grappling some outside source

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Foreshadowing

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Be a warning or indication of a future event

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Suspense

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Uncertainty about what my happen

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Point of view

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The vantage point from which a story is presented

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Setting

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The time and place in which a story is told

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mood/atmosphere

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Feelings readers get from a narrative

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Tone

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Authors attitude towards the subject after and audience

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Theme

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Main idea expressed in the story

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subject

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Person, place, thing the idea is writing about

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Character

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People and animals who are involved in a conflict in a story

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Direct characterization

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When an author describes a character in a straightforward manner

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indirect characterization

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When an author reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly

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Symbol

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Object, person, situation, action that has a literal meaning in a story

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Allusion

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Figure of speech in which something from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly

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Verbal irony

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Figure of speech

23
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Types of irony

A

-verbal
-situational
-dramatic

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Situational irony

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Irony involving a situation

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Dramatic

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Audience knows more than the characters

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Style

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Describes the ways the author uses words

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Diction

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Choice of words in a story

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Syntax

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Set of rules that determine the arrangement of words in a sentance

29
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Figurative language

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A way of expressing oneself that doesn’t use a word’s strict meaning

30
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What of this goldfish- main characters

A

Sergei
Yonantan
The goldfish

31
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Reindeer games

A

Arnold
Coach
Rowdy

32
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Story of an hour

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Mrs. Mallard
Mr. Mallard
Mrs. Mallard’s sister

33
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Cask of amontillado

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Montresor
Fortunado

34
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Land to the slaughter

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Mary
Her husband
Police officers

35
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Most dangerous game

A

Rainsford
General Zaroff

36
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The scarlet ibis

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Brother doodle

37
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Two kinds

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Jing-mei
Jing-mei’s mother

38
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A worn path

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Phoenix
Hunter
Nurse

39
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Rumplestiltskin

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Rumpelstiltskin
Miller’s daughter

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The steadfast tin soldier

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Tin soldier
Ballerina

41
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Snow white

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Snow White
Evil stepmother
The 7 dwarfs

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