Literary Terms- Short Story

-struggle between two opposing forces

-clash between characters and other people/things

-struggle within the mind of a character

-the basic situation given; essential to understanding the story, introduces action of the story

-occurs when the central character meets some opposition

-occurs after the initial complication and includes all events that lead to climax

-marks the high point or most emotionally exciting part of the story (most intensity/interest/suspense)

-involves information that follows the climax, leading to final part of plot

-includes the outcome of the conflict; also known as denouement

-any secondary action that is interwoven into the main action of the story (plot)

-involves the quality of literary work that makes the rader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

-the use of hints or clues in a story that suggests what action is to come

-a scene in a short story/novel/play/movie/poem that interrupts the action to show an event that happened at an earlier time

-a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is really meant; or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen

-irony that is an event that directly contradicts audience's expectations

-main character in literary work

-character/force in conflict with the main character

Method of revealing a character: writer allows the reader to draw a conclusion

Method of revealing a character: author tells you what the character is like

-this typ of character has only one or two sides

-this character has many traits or has complex traits

-this character experiences change in personality

-this character doesn't change personality

-narrator is the character, uses "I, we, us, etc."

-narrator is not a character and the reader can read the thoughts of all characters