9 Short Story Terms (List 2 new vocab)

a distinctive category of literary work, such as drama, tragedy, comedy, novel, etc.

• Setting

• Plot

• Genre

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem

• Suspense

• Conflict

• Irony

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a struggle within the mind of a character

• Internal Conflict

• Suspense

• Inference

• Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a clash between two or more characters, between characters and society, or between character and nature

• Direct Characterization

• External Conflict

• Point of view

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the main character in a drama, novel, or story around whom the action revolves

• Point of View

• Narrator

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the primary force opposing the hero or main character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• narrator

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

that quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

• foreshadowing

• tone

• suspense

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the sequence of events or happenings in a literary work

• theme

• plot

• setting

• inference

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the time and place of action in a narrative

• point of view

• setting

• genre

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the main idea or the basic meaning of a literary work and/or general insight about life that the author is trying to convey

• inference

• irony

• theme

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D