| Short Story Vocabulary | ||||||||||||||
| These are the words that are likely to appear on your exam (or any other place, for that matter). If I have time, I will include the definitions before the exam, but almost all of these can be found in your Literature book. Plot Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action D�nouement/ Resolution Characters Protagonist Antagonist Static Character Dynamic Character Flat Character Round Character Characterization Direct Characterization Indirect Characterization Dialogue Dialect Slang Formal Standard English Informal Standard English Setting Point of View First Person Point of View Limited Third Person POV Omniscient Third Person POV Theme Conflict External Conflict Internal Conflict Foreshadowing Suspense Irony Situational Irony Dramatic Irony Verbal Irony Detective Story Framework Story Treatment Close Reading Anecdote Symbol Verisimilitude Literal Language Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Sensory Images Local Color Vivid Verbs Allusion Tone Implicit Theme Anachronisms Story Map |
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