Short Story Flashcards
Second person point of view
“You” instructions, training manuals
First person point of view
Story is told through one characters eyes and the events are colored through that characters experience. “I” “we” “me”
Third person
Story is told by an onlooker or a narrator
Omniscient
Narrator knows everything about all of the characters and events and can shift from character to character.
Limited omniscient
The author tells the story through one character, or one group of characters. The author doesn’t let the reader in on the thoughts of all the characters, just the one person or group.
Objective
Author tells the story in third person. There is no comments on the characters or their thoughts. No interpretations are offered. The reader is placed in the position of spectator without the author there to explain. The reader had to interpret events of their own.
Conflict (main conflict=central conflict)
Struggle between two opposing forces in a story. It is produced when a problem is posed, and usually that problem involves the antagonist obstructing the protagonist in his or her attempt to reach a goal. (adds dramatic tension)
What types of conflict are there?
Man vs himself Man vs man Man vs nature Man vs supernatural Man vs society
Internal conflict
This usually refers to as “man vs self” or ( moral conflict, spiritual conflict)
•struggle within ones self; a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet their temper, resist an urge.
External conflict
A struggle with a force outside ones self. “Person vs person, person vs society, person vs situation, person vs supernatural, person vs nature/environment”.
Allusion
Passing or indirect reference
Oxymoron
Figure of speech with pointed conjunction of apparent contradictions=pointedly foolish
