Short Stories Terms

the moral of a story written as a statement

• symbolism

• theme

• point of view

• prediction

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the relationship of the narrator to the story

• point of view

• foreshadowing

• irony

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

hints from the author about what will happen later

• protagonist

• plot

• first person POV

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the atmosphere or emotional condition of a story

• tone

• characterization

• third person POV

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the events of a story

• plot

• characterization

• narrator

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

an educated guess at what will happen next

• inference/prediction

• suspense

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a difference in what we expect to happen and what actually happen

• plot

• setting

• character

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the point of view when the narrator is the narrator

• 3rd person POV

• conflict

• exposition

• 1st person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

a struggle between a character and an outside force

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• theme

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

feeling of fear or anxiety created in a character through the use of diction

• irony

• suspense

• diction

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4