Short Story Vocab

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Short stories

Created Jan 19, 2011
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1	Allegory	The concrete presentation of an abstract idea. Two levels of meaning: 1. surface story line--summed...
2	Allusion	An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, theme, or work.
3	Anecdote	Brief account of some interesting or entertaining/humorous incident. No complexity of short...
4	Antagonist	The character pitted against the protagonist. Evil or cruel antagonist is a villain.
5	Apostrophe	Rhetorical figure in which the speaker directly and often emotionally addresses a person who...
6	Archetrype	Original model from which something is developed or made. Images, figures, character types,...
7	Autobiography	Narrative account written by an individual that purports to depict his or her life and character....
8	Bildungsroman	Novel that recounts the development of an individual from childhood or adolescence to maturity,...
9	Biography	Written account of the life of a particular person from birth to death that attempts not only...
10	Character (ization)	Figure in a literary work. Various means by which an author decribes and develops characters...
11	Conflict (types)	Confrontation or struggle between opposing characters or forces in the plot of a narrative...
12	Connotation	Associations evoked by a word beyond its denotation, or literal meaning.
13	Criticism	Reflective, attentive consideration and analysis of a literary work. Ability to discern or...
14	Denotation	A word's literal meaning. The "dictionary" definition of the word.
15	Dialogue	Conversation between two or more characters in a literary work.
16	Diction	An author's word choice. General type or character of language used in work. The perceived...
17	Didactic	Instructive or providing info for a particular purpose. Literature is didactic when its primary...
18	Empathy	An involuntary projection of self into an external object, whether imate or inanimate, that...
19	Epigraph	Inscription on a coin, stone, statue, or building. Passage printed on the tile page or first...
20	Epilogue	The concluding section of a work. A speech that comes at the end of a play, requesting the...
21	Epiphany	"manifestation" "showing-forth" used to refer to the incarnation or manifestation of a divine...
22	Epitaph	Inscription on a tomb to commemorate the deceased. Often contain basic biographical info as...
23	Epithet	Adjective or phrase applied to a noun to accentuate a certain characteristic.
24	Exegesis (explication)	Interpretation, explanation of passages from sacred writings such as the Bible. Elucidation...
25	Exemplum	A story, often anecdote, told to illustrate a moral point or lesson. Type of ALLEGORY!
26	Fable	Short, fictional story in prose or verse told to illustrate a moral point or lesson. Type of...
27	Flashback	Scene that interrupts the present action of a narrative work to depict some earlier event.
28	Flat and round characters	Flat--lack depth and complexityRound--are fully developed with complexity and depth associated...
29	Folklore	Beliefs, traditions, rituals, stories, and other creative expressions of ordinary people that...
30	Frame Story	Story that contains another story or stories. Usually explains why the interior stories are...
31	Freytag's Pyramid	5 parts of a play/story1. intro2. rising action3.climax4. falling action5. catastrophe
32	Harlem Renaissance	Intellectual and cultural movement of the 1920s centered in Harlem, focusing on the arts. Originally...
33	Hero/heroine	Considered synonymous with protagonist, referring to main character of a work.
34	Hubris	"insolence" excessive pride that brings about the protagonist's downfall. Has distastrous consequences
35	Irony	Contradiction or incongruity between appearance or expectation and reality.
36	Malapropism (catachresis)	Form of misuse of a word, in which a word similar in sound but different in meaning is used...
37	Metonymy	"change of name" figure of speech/trope in which one thing is represented by another that is...
38	Motif	A recurrent, unifying element in an artistic work, such as an image, symbol, character type,...
39	Myth	Traditional anonymous story, originally religious in nature, told by a particular cultural...
40	Narrator	Speaker through whom an author presents a narrative, often a character in the work. Every narrative...
41	Parable	Short, realistic, but usually fictional story told to illustrate a moral or religious point...
42	Plot	Arrangement and interrelation of events in a narrative work, chosen and designed to engage...
43	Point of View	Vantage point from which a narrative is told.
44	Protagonist	Main character in a work, usually the hero, but sometimes the antihero.
45	Rhetoric	Art of persuasion through speaking and writing. 5 components:1. Invention2. Disposition3. Style...
46	Satire	Literary genre or mode that uses irony, wit, and sometimes sarcasm to expose humanity's vices...
47	Scene	Subdivision of an act in drama.
48	Setting	Combo of palce, historical time, and social milieu that provides the general background for...
49	Short Story	Brief fictional prose narrative, that ogten centers on a particular episode or event.
50	Stream of Consciousness	Continuous flow of past and present experience through the conscious mind.Narrative mode rendering...
51	Style	Way in which a literary work is written. message or material that the author communicates to...
52	Symbol	Something that, stands for or suggests something larger and more complex.
53	Theme	Statements, express or implied, that a text seems to be making about its subject.
54	Transcendentalism	Movement that emphasized individual conscience, social reform, and the primacy of intuition...
55	Wit	"To know" . Intellect and intelligence as opposed to knowledge. Wisdom.