Short Stories
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
plot
A huge man, very strong, not very smart
Lennie
A struggle between opposing forces
Conflict
Consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader.
Imagery
When an author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning
symbolism
Basic situation, introduction, background information
exposition
Dresses and acts like a “tramp”, is lonesome, and appears to make “advances” toward the ranch hands
Curley’s wife
A contrast between expectation and reality
Irony
A heightened exaggeration to create emphasis or a highly stressed effect.
Hyperbole
Occurs when a somebody says something but means another (sarcasm)
verbal irony
Turning point, main scene, realize conflict outcome
climax
The boss’s son, a little man, and a boxing champion.
Curley
Lifelong lesson that applies to all people
Theme
A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal or idea.
Personification
Who says
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
Antony
Leads us to a resolution, contains action to bring the story to an end
falling action
A small and quick man
George
Attitude of the writer vs
Feelings of the reader
Tone vs Mood
A figure of speech that compares two separate concepts without connecting words.
metaphor
A reference, within a literary work, to another work of fiction, a film, a piece of art, or even a real event.
allusion
Denouement, reader knows what is going to happen
resolution
A ranch hand who is reasonable and respected and tries to understand George and Lennie.
Slim
A all-knowing narrator who is an observer of the story, not a character in it, and who is able to see into the thoughts and feelings of many characters
3rd Person Omniscient
A strategy which contains a story within a story.
Allegory
“Beware the Ides of March.”
Quote in Julius Caesar
Bonus: who said it?