Short Story Vocab Flashcards

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Plot

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The series of related events that make up a story

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Setting

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Time and place for a story

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Characters

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An individual in a story

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Theme

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The central idea of the story

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Point of view

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A particular attitude considering a matter

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Exposition

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Introduces the characters setting and usually the story’s major conflict

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing characters

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Complications

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Develop that intensify the conflict

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Climax

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Most exciting part of the plot

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Resolution or denouement

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A firm decision to do or not to do something

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