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Short Story
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A clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills
What is conflict?
100
Arrangement of plot elements
What is structure?
100
When what will happen in the future of the story is unknown
What is surprise?
100
The sequence events through which an author constructs a story
What is plot?
100
Who is the protagonist in the story?
Edie
200
Central character in a conflict
What is protagonist?
200
Character or objects arranged against the protagonist
What is antagonist?
200
An ending that features a sudden, unexpected turn or twist
What is surprise ending?
200
The protagonist must solve her problems, defeat an adversary, win her man, “live happily ever after”.
What is happy ending?
200
Who is/are the antagonist/s in the story?
Chris Watters and Alice Kelling
300
The quality in a story that makes readers ask “What’s going to happen next?” or “How will this turn out?”
What is suspense?
300
A position in which a character must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable
What is dilemma?
300
When the story ends in sad way
What is unhappy ending?
300
An unusual set of circumstances where a reader craves an explanation
What is mystery?
300
What is the coincidence that occurs in the story?
Edie happens to meet her husband as she waits for the letter of Chris Watter by the mailbox
400
______ is the occurrence of an event that has no cause in previous events in predisposition of character.
What is chance?
400
An ending where a main conflict is left unresolved
What is an intermediate ending?
400
_____ is the chance occurrence of two events that may have a peculiar correspondence
What is coincidence?
400
____ is a series of events that build up toward a point of great interest ____ is a major turning point in a plot ____ occurs after turning point has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
What is rising action, climax, & falling action?
400
Who is the deux machina of the story?
Carmichael!!!!!! (THE MAILMAN)
500
Literary work where all of the elements conjoin for a specific purpose
What is artistic unity?
500
An author gives the plot a turn of events unjustified by the characters involved
What is plot manipulation?
500
What is the intermediate ending in the story "How I Met My Husband"?
Edie married the mailman and had children. She did not ever mention how she would wait by the mailbox to receive a letter from Chris Watters
500
An unexpected power or event saving a hopeless situation
What is deus ex machina?
500
What is this short story an example of?
Artistic unity