Literary Terms
A conflict that occurs in the character's mind
What is internal conflict
Occurs with some outside force
What is external conflict?
The writer states character's traits
What is direct characterization?
The time and place in which a story occurs
What is setting?
Who marries a swan?
The main events of a story
What is plot?
Details found in real life
What are realistic details?
He or she, limited or omniscient
What is 3rd person?
The audience knows something the character(s) does (do) not.
What is dramatic irony?
Situational irony: a flat town named Summit. What story?
What is The Ransom of Red Chief ?
A struggle between opposing forces
What is confict?
What is climax?
Reader draws conclusions about a character's traits
What is indirect characterization?
a form of sarcasm
What is verbal irony?
A blind man and his faithful horse.
What is A Secret for Two?
Conclusion based on information
What is inference?
The conclusion of the story
What is the resolution?
Feeling created in the reader
A character who does not change in a story
What is a static character?
A story told from two different viewpoints: Men and creatures.
What is Zoo?
Details not found in real life
What are fantastic details?
The narrator is a character in the story
What is 1st person?
When the unexpected happens
What is situational irony?
A character that has many traits like a "real" person.
What is a round character?
Who is narrator of Two Kinds? (Amy Tan or Jing-mei)