Short Stories
Literary Terms
Writing Format
Definitions
Synonyms
100
General Zaroff is the antagonist
The Most Dangerous Game
100
The turning point of the story
the climax
100
When the title of an essay should be bold or underlined
NEVER
100
to make shorter
abridge
100
a quarrel
an altercation
200
The theme is revenge
The Cask of Amontillado
200
A struggle between forces
conflict
200
Contains a topic sentence, explanations or examples, and a concluding sentence
a well-developed paragraph
200
determined by destiny
fated
200
a gap (in defenses)
a breach
300
Montressor could be considered the antagonist
The Cask of Amontillado
300
The message about life revealed in a story
theme
300
Double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, and one inch margins
MLA format
300
to bring to an end
terminate
300
difficult
arduous
400
The theme is survival
The Most Dangerous Game
400
A sense of worry established by the author
suspense
400
In an essay, the last line of the intro paragraph
the thesis statement
400
to attack with words; call bad names
revile
400
a predicament
a dilemma
500
The theme is vanity and self-importance
The Necklace
500
The resolution of the story is also known as
the denoument
500
Used to credit an author's ideas or words
parenthetical citation
500
any agent that causes change
catalyst
500
average
mediocre
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