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| stories not entirely factual; imagined |
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| a brief story that sets forth some pointed statement of truth |
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| message in a fable, sometimes stated at the end |
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| brief narrative that teaches a moral, with a realistic plot; main characters usually human |
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| short story that sets forth the strange and wonderful without developing characters |
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| a person in a short story is involved in some conflict |
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| opening portion that sets the scene for the story |
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| new conflict in a short story |
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| moment of high tension in a short story |
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| central character in a story, whether he is good/bad, strong/weak |
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| moment of high tension in a story |
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| moment of greatest tension in a story |
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| The artisitic arrangement of the events and happenings in a story |
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| general narration to close gaps in the plot |
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| a moment of discovery where a character's life is altered |
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| where a character is initiated into experience or maturity |
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| A thing that suggests more than its literary meaning |
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| A story in which persons, places, or things form a system of clear equivalents |
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| identifying the narrator and the limits of his knowledge |
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| Participant and Non-Participant Points of View |
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Participant: 1st person, 2nd person
Non-participant: dramatic, omniscent, selective omniscient |
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| an extended presentatin of a character's thoughts |
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| time and place of a story |
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| where a story takes place |
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| fiction of grim realism of everyday life |
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| known by some outstanding trait or traits,; single dominant virtues and vices |
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| an imagined being who inhabits a story |
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| sufficient reason to behave as a character does when they do something unexpected from their character profile |
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| only one outstanding trait or feature |
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| Authors portray a character in more detail |
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| fixed personality of a character |
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| changing personality of a character |
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| reference to something famous or historic in a story |
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| protagonist lacking traditional characteristics of a protagonist |
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| A deed without cause/motive |
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| whatever general idea or insight the entire story reveals |
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| The words that lead us to infer the author's attitude and feelings |
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| choice of words, abstract or concrete |
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| flat, laidback unemotional tone, bare style |
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