1. Short Stories

2. Setting the time and place of a story’s action

3. Mood the feeling a story gives

4. Symbol an object that means more than what it is

5. Foreshadowing the use of clues that prepare readers for what will happen next

6. Character Traits the qualities of a character’s personality

7. Dynamic Character a character that changes in a story

8. Static Character a character that stays the same in a story

9. Motivation a force that causes a character to behave a certain way

10. Characterization methods a writer uses to develop a character

11. Direct Characterization using direct statements to develop a character

12. Indirect Characterization developing a character through thoughts, actions, and dialogue

13. Point of View the vantage point from which a story is told

14. First Person Point of View point of view in which the narrator is a character

15. Third Person Limited Point of View point of view in which the narrator is not a character and can reveal the thoughts of only one character

16. Third Person Omniscient Point of View point of view in which the narrator is not a character and can reveal the thoughts of several characters

17. Conflict the problem a character faces

18. External Conflict struggle with an outside force

19. Internal Conflict struggle within a character’s mind

20. Theme the message or life lesson

21. Plot the order of events

22. Plot Line climax climax falling action falling actionresolution rising action rising actionexposition

23. Exposition introduces the story’s characters, setting and situation

24. Rising Action adds complications to the story’s conflict and increases the reader’s interest

25. Climax point of highest interest

26. Falling Action logical outcome of the climax

27. Resolution the final outcome

28. Suspense the feeling of curiosity about what will happen next

29. Irony a contrast between what is expected to happen and what really happens