Short Story #1
When the audience expects something to happen and the opposite occurs.
What is irony?
What is rising action?
What is exposition?
This begins with the consequences from the climax and moves towards the conclusion of the story.
What is falling action?
Someone says one thing but means the opposite.
What is verbal irony?
This is the highest point of action and the turnin point in the plot.
What is climax?
A person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story. They are used to perform actions, speak dialogue, and move the story along a plot line.
What is character?
The other characters in the story. They are not as important, but they still play an important role in driving the story forward.
What is a minor character?
Setting, character, theme, POV, plot.
What are the basic elements of a short story?
The end of the story.
What is resolution?
Character in the story; uses "I" or "me"
What is a 1st Person POV?
The audience or reader knows what will happen to a character, but that character does not..
What is dramatic irony?
A character or group of characters who stand in opposition to the protagonist. It comes from the Greek word meaning "opponent," "competitor," or "rival."
What is antagonist?
What is a round character?
What is a protagonist?
A character that lacks depth or real personality.
What is a flat character?
The lesson/moral a reader learns about life, human experience, or main message.
What is theme?
When a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.
What is internal conflict?
A character who stays mostly the same throughout the story.
What is a static character?
What a character says, does, acts, or thinks.
What is characterization?
When a character is battling something or someone beyond their control.
What is external conflict?
The time, location, and environment in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
The way a writer develops a character...1. showing the character acting and speaking 2. giving a physical description of the character 3. reveal the character's thoughts 4. reveal what other characters think about the character and 5. commenting directly on the character.
What is characterization?
List the 3 types of conflict that all begin with Man vs...
What is man, himself, nature?
An English teacher has poor grammar.
What is situational irony?