Types of Characters
What do we call the characters in a short story who add interest and complicate the story, but aren't the main focus?
Subordinate Characters
David and Goliath is an example of what type of conflict?
Character vs. character
What do we call when the narrator is "all-knowing" and tells us everything about what the characters think, feel, say and does?
Third Person Omnicient
What do we call when an author keeps the reader in doubt of what is going to happen? It also adds intensity and stress to the reader, leading up to the climax?
Suspense
What do we call when the author expresses a meaning that is contradictory to a stated one? It sometimes creates humour.
Irony
What do we call the character or force that blocks the main character from achieving their goal?
What kind of conflict do we call an internal struggle of one of the main characters in a short story?
Character vs. Self
What is the POV when the main character is the narrator, and the story is told from the "I" perspective?
First Person Central
What do we call the central theme or intended message of a story?
Theme
What kind of irony is it when the OPPOSITE of what we expect happens? For instance, a fire station burns down.
Situational Irony
What do we call the main character of a short story who experiences conflict and who must solve a problem?
The protagonist.
In Top Man, Nace, Osborn and Frank get stuck in a massive blizzard near the peak of K3. What kind of conflict is this?
Character vs. Nature
What is the Point of View of a short story when the narrator is not the main character, is told from a 'he/she' perspective, and reveals only ONE of the characters thoughts or feelings?
Third Person Limited
What do we call a technique which shows the differences between people, ideas or feelings?
Contrast
What type of irony is it when the audience knows more about a scene in the story than the characters in the story do? It's like, you are IN on a secret.
Dramatic Irony
What type of character was General Zaroff?
The antagonist.
Squeaky was angry at the world for the way people mistreated her brother Raymond. What do we call this type of conflict?
Character vs. Society
What is the POV when the narrator is a minor character in the story and is still told from the "I" perspective?
First Person Minor
What do we can the conversations that take place between the characters? It also adds realism, and drama and tells us more about the characters in the story.
Dialogue
What kind of irony is it when something is said, that is really meaning the opposite? For instance, like saying 'It's clear as mud!'
Verbal Irony
True
What is the name of the conflict that involves an unseen force?
Character vs. Fate
What is the POV of a story when the narrator is NOT the main character of the story but tells us what the main characters do, using 'he/she'. They are objective about the characters and do not know how anyone thinks or feels...but just tell what they do.
Third Person Central / Objective
Foreshadowing
What do we call the clash of opposing forces, persons, ideas or emotions in a story?
Conflict