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Elements of a short story Part 1
Elements of a short story Part 2
Vocabulary
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What is personification?
Personification is giving a nonhuman human characteristics.
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What are the five stages of plot? Hint: Think about a plot diagram
Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution/Conclusion
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What is setting?
Setting is where and when an event takes place in a short story.
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What is the main idea?
The main idea is what the passage or paragraph is mainly about.
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What is RACE?
RACE is how we answer text-based questions. R- Restate the question A- Answer the question C- Cite evidence from the text E- Explain your evidence
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What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a direct comparison of two different things.
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What is a protagonist?
The protagonist is the main character of the story. Traditionally, "the good guy."
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What is a climax?
The climax is the most intense or exciting high point of a short story.
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What is Author's Purpose?
The reason why an author writes.
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What is foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is a sign or warning of whats going to happen next.
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What is a simile?
A simile is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
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What is an antagonist?
The antagonist is whatever or whoever is creating the protagonist's conflict.
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What is plot?
Plot is the main events of a story.
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What are context clues?
Context clues are clues within the text that help you determine the meaning of a word or get a better idea of what is happening in the text
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What is imagery?
Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language.
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What is onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom".
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What is an internal conflict?
An internal conflict is a conflict occurring within the character.
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What is theme?
Theme is the lesson or moral of the story.
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What is mood?
The feeling the author wants the reader to get.
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What is an inference?
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
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What is alliteration?
Alliteration is the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words.
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What is an external conflict?
An external conflict occurs between the character and some outside force.
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What is point of view?
Point of view is the perspective from which the story's told.
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What is tone?
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
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What is an analogy?
a comparison between two things: _______is to_______as_________is to___________
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