Uncle

SPINNING

The man shrank

Mauve (colour)

Throw roses to the dead

grave

Graveyard – a funeral

Minister

Softball mitt

Smudge

A Glossary of Short Story The Short Story--- Literary Terms:  1. Character Development: the change in a character from the beginning to the conclusion of the story.  2. Characterization: the ways a writer shows what a character is like. The way a character acts, speaks, thinks, and looks characterizes that person.  3. Climax: the turning point of a story.  4. Conflict: a struggle or difference of opinion between characters. Sometimes a character may clash with a force of nature.  5. Dialogue: the exact words that a character says; usually the conversation between characters.  6. Foreshadowing: clues that hint or suggest what will happen later in the story.  7. Inner Conflict: a struggle that takes place in the mind of a character.  8. Main Character: the person the story is mostly about.  9. Mood: the feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates. For example, the mood of a story might be humorous or suspenseful.  10. Motive: the reason behind a character’s actions.  11. Narrator: the person who tells the story. Usually, the narrator is the writer or a character in the story. (point of view)  12. Plot: the series of incidents or happenings in a story. The plot is the outline or arrangement of events.  13. Purpose: the reason the author wrote the story. For example, an author’s purpose might be to amuse or entertain, to convince, or to inform.  14.Setting: the time and place of the action in a story; where and when the action takes place.  15. Style: the way in which a writer uses language. The choice and arrangement of words and sentences help to create the writer’s style.  16. Theme: the main, or central idea, of a story.