1. Short Story Terms

2. Fiction a story that is not true.

3. Short Story A story that can be read in one sitting, has the five parts of the plot, and is a work of fiction.

4. Plot the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

5. Exposition the beginning of the story where we find out the setting, characters, and the conflict.

6. Setting where and when a story takes place.

7. Character Protagonist and Antagonist

8. Protagonist the main character or "the good guy."

9. Antagonist the character or force that is against the protagonist

10. Description of Characters: Dynamic–A character that changes as a result of the action in the story Static-A character that remains the same throughout the story Round-The reader sees many sides or traits of a character’s personality Flat- The reader sees only one side or very few traits of a character.

11. Characterization the process of revealing the personality of a character.

12. Direct Characterization the author comes out directly and tells the reader about a character’s personality.

13. Indirect Characterization When the author allows a character’s actions to tell you about his or her personality.

14. Conflict the problem in a story or the struggle between opposing forces.

15. Internal Conflict the problem that exists in a character’s mind

16. External Conflict a problem outside of a character.

17. Rising Action Adds conflict to the problem

18. Climax Highest point of interest or turning point in a story

19. Falling Action possible solutions to the problem

20. Resolution how the story ends

21. Theme the central idea or meaning of the story

22. Irony the events turn out differently than what is expected

23. 1. Situational Irony when there is a conflict between the expected outcome and what actually occurs

24. 2. Dramatic Irony the audience has information the characters on stage do not

25. 3. Verbal Irony when one thing is said but another is meant

26. Tone the author’s attitude towards his or her subject matter

27. Mood the reader’s feelings about what he or she has read. Also known as the “atmosphere” of the story.

28. Symbolism something that stands for or represents something else

29. Foreshadowing clues as to what will happen later in the story

30. Flashback to interrupt the current events to show events that happened previously

31. Dialogue a conversation between two or more characters

32. Third Person Omniscient Point-of-View an all-knowing and all- seeing narrator

33. Third Person Limited Point-of View the narrator is telling a story from a character’s perspective.

34. First Person Point-of View the narrator is in the story and is telling the story