Lit Terms - Short Stories

the beginning of a story that introduces characters, setting, and conflict

• symbol
• exposition
• resolution
• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the turning point of a story; the most exciting part

• climax
• falling action
• allegory
• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

the end of a story

• exposition
• suspense
• reliable narrator
• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

time and place

• plot
• setting
• forshadowing
• irony

the struggle between to opposing forces

• conflict
• suspense
• climax
• character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the main character in a story who can be a good character or a bad character

• protagonist
• antagonist
• setting
• point of view

to come to a conclusion based on context clues

• tone
• mood
• infer
• imply

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the way the author feels about the story

• irony
• tone
• mood
• theme

an ordinary object to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance; a thing that stands for an idea

• exposition
• round character
• mood
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a character that is simple and predictable, not complicated

• flat character
• round characetr
• static character
• dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3