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Short Story Flashcards

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Setting

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Time and location a story takes place

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6 elements of a short story

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Setting, plot, conflict, character, POV, theme

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Attributes of a setting

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Place, time, weather conditions, social conditions, mood and atmosphere

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Plot

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Planned logical series of events having a beginning, middle, and end.

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Plot essentials

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Intro, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.

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Three parts of climax

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Main character receives new info. Character accepts info. Character acts on info.

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Conflict

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Opposition of forces which ties on incident to another and makes the plot move

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Two types of conflicts

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External and internal

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External conflict

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A struggle with a force outside one self

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Internal conflict

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A struggle within oneself. A person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet their temper.

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4 kinds of conflict

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Man v man
Man v circumstances
Man v society
Man v himself

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What is a character?

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Person in a work of fiction

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Protagonist

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Usually a hero or supported character in a story

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Antagonist

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Opposes the protagonist

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Characteristics of a person

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Must seem real. Must stay consistent.

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Individual/Round character

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Many aides and complex personalities

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Developing/Dynamic character

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Many sided personalities that change by the end of the story

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Static/Flat character

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Stereotype. Has one or two characteristics that never change.

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What is POV

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Point of view. Defined as the angle from which the story is told

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Innocent eye POV

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Story is told in the eyes of a child

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First person POV

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The story is told by the protagonist or someone close to the protagonist

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Omniscient POV

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Author narrates the story and can move from character to character

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Omniscient limited

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The author tells the story in third person. We only know what one character knows

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Omniscient objective

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Told in third person. Like a camera is following the characters.

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Theme

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Meaning or main idea the author is trying to convey

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Man struggles against nature theme

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always in battle with human nature whether the drives described as sexual, material or against the against process itself

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Man struggles against societal pressure theme

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mankind is always struggling to determine of societal pressure is best for living

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Man struggles to understand divinity theme

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Mankind tries to understand and make peace with God

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Crime does not pay theme

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Honesty is honored and criminals will eventually be caught

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Overcoming adversity theme

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Many short stories have characters who accept tough situations and turn it into a triumph

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Friendship is dependent on sacrifice theme

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One can’t have friends if one does not act like a friend

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The importance of family theme

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Sacrifices of family are honored and explored as are the family bounds that survive adversity.

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Yin and yang theme

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just when life is finally going to be easy, something bad happens to balance it all out

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Love is the worthiest of pursuits theme

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many writers assert the idea that love conquers all, appealing to the romantic side of readers.

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Death is a part of the life cycle theme

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life and death and intricately connected

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Sacrifices bring reward theme

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sacrifices and hard work pay off in the end, despite the challenges along the way

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Human beings all have the same needs theme

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All human beings need love and other needs

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