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| narrative prose fiction that is shorter than a novel |
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| is regarded as the originator of the form known as the short story |
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| the sequence of events or happenings in a literary work |
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| writing that is intended to present information |
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| struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a literary work |
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- person against person
-person against society
- person against nature |
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| two elements or ideas struggling for mastery within a person |
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| those events that turn into a turning point in the action |
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| that point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative; the crisis; the turning point |
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| all the action that follows the turning point |
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the resolution or "unknotting" the part when the conflict ends
-many modern stories end w/o a resolution
-reader's response to draw own inferences as to outcome |
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| that quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events |
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| the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come |
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| a contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant or between what is expected to happen |
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| writer or speaker says one thing and means something entirely different |
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| the reader perceives something that a character in story or play does not know |
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| what happens is not what is expected |
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| the personality a character displays;also, the means by which an author reveals that personality |
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| persons,animals,things, or natural forces presented as persons- appearing in a work of literature |
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| experience some change in personality or attitude |
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| have only one or two "sides" represents one or more traits; often stereo types such as 'anxious miser" or "srtong, silent type" |
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| have only one or two "sides" represents one or more traits; often stereo types such as 'anxious miser" or "srtong, silent type" |
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| experience some change in personality or attitude |
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| remain the same throughout the narrative |
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| are complex and have many sides require lengthy analysis |
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| the kind of writing or speaking that tells a story |
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| four major forms of discource |
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1.narration
2.description
3.exposition
4.persuasion |
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| story told in verse and usually sung |
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| long narrative poem that realatesthe deed of a hero |
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| the vantage point from which a narrative is told |
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| first-person point of view |
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| the story is told by one of the characters in his own word, from the "i" vantage point |
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| the reader told only what this character knows and observes |
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| third person point-of-view |
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| narrator tells the story from the vantage of "he" or "she" |
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| "all-knowing"-the narrator can describe all the characters and actions in the story as well as comment on what the characters think and feel- "the gift of the Magi"(ex.) |
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the author tells the story from the point of view of only on e character-
"before the summer ends" |
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| the main idea or basic meaning of the literary work |
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| a writer's choice of words, partculary for clarity, effectiveness, and precision |
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| a representation of speech patterns of a particular region or social group |
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| language that is not meant to be interpreted in a literal sense; always more a comparison between different things; appeals to imagination,not literal |
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| a comparison between 2 unlike things through the use of "like" or "as if" or "than" |
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| a comparison between 2 unlike things without the use of any specific language |
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| investing something nonhuman with human qualities |
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| a kind of writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt the weakness and wrong doings of individuals,groups,institutions, groups, or humanity in general |
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| any object,person,place,or action that has a meaning in it self and that also stands for something larger than itself,such as a quality an attitude, a belief, or a value |
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| when and where the story takes place |
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