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Short Story Elements
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Literature
9th Grade
11/19/2008

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setting
Definition
time and place
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plot
Definition
1.exposition 2.intial incident 3.rising action 4.climax 5.falling action
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conflict
Definition
external-manvs.man,manvs.nature, manvs.socity,manvs.fate
internal manvs.self
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theme
Definition
central idea about life
1.complete sent. 2.don't use "you" (2nd person)3.don't start with don't or do not 4.no details from the story 5. avoid cliche'
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foreshadowing
Definition
the use of clues ro hint at future events
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onomatopoeia
Definition
a word that sounds like its meaning
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pun
Definition
play of multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but hace different meaning
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verbal irony
Definition
saying the opposite of what you mean to make a point
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dramatic irony
Definition
when the reader knows something that a character doesn't know
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irony of a situation
Definition
when something happens that is the opposite of whatt the reader world logically expect
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symbolism
Definition
using something concrete to represent something abstract
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allegory
Definition
a form of extened metaphor in which objects persons and actions are equated with meanings that like outside the story
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allusion
Definition
a reference to art,Bible, history, literature,or mythology that the author expects the reader to understand/recognize
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3rd person limited
Definition
focuses on the thoughts and feelings of a single character in the story
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omniscent
Definition
all knowing
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1rst person
Definition
point of view in which an "I" or "we" serves as the narrator of a piece of fiction.
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epiphany
Definition
a sudden intuitice grasp of reality in which something oftens simple is seen in a new light
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simile
Definition
a comparison of unlike things using"like","as", or "than"
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metaphor
Definition
a comparison of unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing w/o using "like","as''or "than"
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personification
Definition
giving human traits to something that is not human(a type of metaphor)
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direct characterization
Definition
author tells something about the charcter
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indirect characterization
Definition
author shows the character through the character's 1.speech 2. thoughts 3.action 4.appearance 5.what other characters say/think about him
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alliteration
Definition
the repitition of intial constant sounds
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