Short Story Terms

The process of showing readers traits, emotions, and motivations of different characters within the story.

• Resolution

• Characterization

• Irony

• Tone

When what happens is the opposite of what you expected to happen.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

A character who does NOT change significantly throughout a story.

• Flat character

• Round character

• Static character

• Dynamic character

A type of irony in which the audience knows something that the character doesn't know.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

A character who changes significantly throughout a story.

• Flat character

• Round character

• Static character

• Dynamic character

A character who has a multi-faceted personality - they have many different traits about them.

• Flat character

• Round character

• Static character

• Dynamic character

A character who only has one dominant personality trait.

• Flat character

• Round character

• Static character

• Dynamic character

A type of irony in which what a character says is the opposite of what they mean.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

the character in opposition to or in conflict with the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• climax

• resolution

a struggle within a character’s own mind

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• mental illness

• hearing voices