Characters
the people who take part in a story’s action
What are characters?
the central message expressed in a story
What is a theme?
introduces the setting—the time and place of the story, the characters, and the basic situation
What is exposition?
tools writers often use to enhance their writing
What is literary devices?
the reason or reasons that explain why characters act as they do
What is motivation?
a message about life that is expressed in different cultures and time periods
What is universal theme?
introduces the conflict
What is rising action?
the use of clues early in a story to hint at events that are going to occur later
What is foreshadowing?
the way a writer reveals a character’s personality and qualities
What is characterization?
another name for universal theme
What is recurring theme?
a word meaning problem
What is conflict?
the placement of the scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences
What is flashback?
the writer describes the character
What is direct characterization?
the sequence of events in a short story
What is plot?
the story’s conclusion
What is resolution?
the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions.when a story includes irony, something unexpected happens
What is Irony?
the writer reveals the character through speech and action
What is indirect characterization?
the number of parts the plot is divided into
What is 5?
the part of a story when the conflict lessens
What is the falling action
Is the for, of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group. It gives a short story.
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