short story
Terms/Devices
Terms/Devices
Terms/Devices
Terms/Devices
100

what is a short story? 

what is a brief fictional narrative

100

the character who opposed the main character "the villain" 

what is antagonist 

100

the main character, the "hero " 

what is Protagonist

100

the main idea, message, or "Lesson" in a story

what is theme

100

events in a story

what is plot

200

usually deals with a FEW characters

what is a novel

200

time and place of a story

what is setting

200

the participants in a story

what is a character

200

the way someone views something

what is point of view

200

a look back to events that happened in the past

what is a flashback

300

pieces of the story that the author uses to keep readers interested and engaged

what are literary elements 

300

the way the author describes, creates, or develops a character

what is characterization 

300

the emotion or feeling a story creates

what is mood

300

a hint or clue of events that will come later in the story

what is foreshadowing

300

the feeling of excitement about what will happen next in a story

what is suspence

400

literary elements keep us what, in a story

What is interested and engaged

400

the authors attitude towards the story's subject matter

what is tone

400

the person or character or person telling the story

what is a narrator

400

a conversation between characters

what is dialogue
400

an object or image that represents a greater idea

what is a symbol 

500

what is the average range of a short story

100-200 words to 25 pages

500

what is a struggle between characters called? 

what is man vs man conflict
500
what is a struggle between a character and a force of nature classed

what is man vs nature conflict

500

what is a struggle that takes place in a characters mind or conscience called

what is man vs self conflict

500
what is the time range that a short story can be read in? 

20 min to 1 hour

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