Characterization
a characer that remains the same throughout a story
What is a static character?
a conflict that is on the outside of a person or situation
What is external conflict?
The beginning of a short story
What is exposition?
a struggle between two opposing forces
What is a conflict?
a character that explodes with personality and changes through the course of a story
What is a dynamic character?
a conflict that is on the inside of a person or situation
What is an internal conflict?
The time and place in which a story takes place
What is the setting?
Character against the environment, culture, and/or society
What is man vs. society conflict?
a character that is the main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
Character against character
What is a man vs. man conflict?
The culture and environmental background that helps to define the conditions under which a story takes place
What is the setting?
The main conflict or oppositional situation in a story
What is the central conflict?
a character that causes problems for the main character in a story
What is the antagonist or villain?
Character against self
What is a man vs. self conflict?
Sequence of events in a short story
What is the plot?
These two literary parts of the plot and plot diagram are tied together in a short story
What are the central conflict and the climax?
a character that performs super feats or actions in a story that may save other characters from harm or death
What is a hero or heroine?
Character against the outdoors
What is a man vs. nature conflict?
The sequence of events that make up the plot in a short story; the eents that occur before and leading up to the climax
What is the rising action?
I am so upset that I have two weddings to attend on the same day. One is in Pilot Mountain and one is in Winston Salem. Both are weddings in which the brides are both cousins and my two best friends! What will I do?
Identify the type of conflict.
What is an internal conflict?