Short Stories 1
Short Stories 2
Short Stories 3
Short Stories 4
100
The sequence of events in a narrative: short story, novel, or play.
Plot
100
Time and place are where the action occurs.
Setting
100
What are the two types of conflict?
External and Internal
100
In this point of view, the reader is only given the inner thoughts & feelings of one character.
3rd Person Limited
200
What is the 1 type of internal conflict?
Man vs. Self
200

Describe a round character

What is complex or presented in detail

200
What are the three types of external conflict?
1) Man vs. Man 2) Man vs. Nature 3) Man vs. Society
200
The conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads.
Resolution
300
"I" "We" "Us" are all types of what point of view?
1st person
300
"They" "He" "She" are all types of what point of view?
3rd person
300
A character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way.
Antagonist
300

Describe a static character

What is unchanged from the story's beginning to the end

400
The main idea/message of a story.
Theme
400
The main character in a drama, novel, or short story around whom the action centers.
Protagonist
400
The start of the story, the situation before the action starts.
Exposition
400
A class or category of writing having a particular form, content, or technique.
Genre
500
The series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax.
Rising Action
500
The turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action.
Climax
500
All of the action which follows the climax.
Falling Action
500
This is another term for "resolution."
Denouement
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