Short Stories and Literary Devices

A short story is a brief work of fiction that describes ______________ events and people.

• real

• imaginary

• old

another term for a "story"

• argument
• essay
• narrative
• expository

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

time and place the story takes place

Ex: Elmore, Arkansas, 1900s

• setting

• plot

• imagery

• exposition

the main character

Ex. Jimmy Valentine

• lead actor

• antagonist

• MVP

• protagonist

opposing character to the main character

Ex. Ben Price

• antagonist

• the opposition

• protagonist

• the bad guy

it gives the perspective from which a literary work is told.

• point of view
• literary lens
• background 
• author

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The narrator (the voice that is telling the story) is a character who is part of the action and uses the first-person pronouns I, me, and my. The reader sees everything through this character's eyes.

• second person point of view
• third person point of view
• first person point of view
• fourth person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator is someone outside the action, rather than a character.

• first person point of view
• second person point of view
• third person point of view
• third person onmniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

a central idea of a work, the message a writer hopes to send to the reader, or the lesson that can be learned after reading.

• mood

• theme

• syntax

• tone

Answer explanation

Remember: subject= the topic of the story... theme= what is REVEALED about the subject

Which is NOT part of the plot structure:

• Rising action

• Climax

• Conflict

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3