English I - Unit 5: Short Stories
Internal Conflict
External Conflict
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Man
supporting detail
a description or clue that an author gives the reader about the setting or characters
short story
a fictional prose narrative of less than 20,000 words
conflict
a fight or struggle; a mental or spiritual struggle within a person
generalization
a general statement inferred from particular facts
novelette
a short novel
falling action
action that occurs after the climax of a story
characterization
an author's description of a character
compact
brief and to the point
dynamic character
character who changes as a result of what happens to him
static character
character who does not change in response to events around him
concrete universal
describes a character who is at once a unique individual but, at the same time, is a representative of all mankind
flat character
fictional character with only one or two definable traits
imagery
figurative language that evokes mental pictures
unified
focused on one thing
genre
kind, sort, or style
narrator
one who tells a story
prose
ordinary language
implied
stated indirectly
inference
the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true
rising action
the action in a story that builds toward the climax
exposition
the introduction of a story that gives the reader background information about characters and situation
protagonist
the main character in a play, story, or novel
theme
the meaning behind an author's writing
denouement
the outcome or conclusion of a story; the resolution to a crisis
plot
the pattern of incidents in the story
setting
the time and location of a story
climax
the turning point of a story; the most intense moment in a story
symbolism
the use of symbols in literature
atmosphere
the world in which the characters move; the feeling generated by a work of art
complement
to make complete
diction
use of language; wording
round character
well-developed character represented as having many traits
