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1 Literary Terms

2 Short story: A story with a fully developed theme that is significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel. Edgar Allen Poe says we should be able to read in “one sitting”.

3 Internal v. External Conflict
Internal conflict: a struggle inside the protagonist External conflict: protagonist struggles against something or someone

4 Types of external conflict
Person vs. person Person vs. nature Person vs. society Person vs. God

5 Obama and Romney cover “Hot and Cold”
What type of conflict does the video illustrate?

6 Foreshadowing: An author hints at what is to come.

7 Foreshadowing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ-uH4mVr1Y
Start 1:33-2:31 Start 5:15-6:18

8 Point of view (3rd person, omniscient)
Uses pronouns like he, she, it, or they. The thoughts and feelings of multiple characters Narrator is not a character in the story

9 A Christmas Story Start: 2:54-4:13 Is this third person or first person narration?

10 Eleanor Rigby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuS5NuXRb5Y
Is this third person or first person narration?

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