H4 Short Story terminology Flashcards

Front

Plot

Back

Storyline, but includes causes and effects, connections and relationships

Front

Storyline

Back

The sequence of events

Front

Linear plot

Back

The events are told to the reader in the same order as they occurred.

Front

Flashback

Back

The narrator goes back in time to give the reader information

Front

Parallel plot

Back

There is more than one storyline and the storylines come together at the end of the story.

Front

Narrator

Back

Person who tells the story (is not the same as the writer)

Front

First person perspective

First person point of view

Back

The narrator speaks in the “I” form.

You read the thoughts and feelings of the narrator.

Front

subjective third person perspective

subjective third person point of view

Back

The narrator tells the story using “he” and “she”, but focuses on one of the characters.

So you can only read the thoughts and feelings of one of the characters

Front

omniscient third person perspective

omniscient third person point of view

Back

        The narrator speaks using “he” and “she”.

You read the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.

Front

Setting

Back

Time and place of a story