Short Story Terms

Sequence of related events moving from a problem to a solution

• plot

• exposition

• rising action

• characterization

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the antagonist and the protagonist oppose each other

• Opposition

• Rising Action

• Conflict

• Motif

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the setting is the ____ and ____ of the action of the story

• time

• area

• situation

• place

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the central message or general insight into life that the author conveys in a story

• mood

• theme

• motif

• symbol

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the atmosphere or overall feeling of the story

• theme

• mood

• motif

• tone

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the author’s attitude toward the characters or situation

• motif

• tone

• theme

• mood

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

an object, person, or event that represents something else

• symbol

• representation

• motif

• mood

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

an object or idea that recurs throughout a literary work

• character

• representation

• symbol

• motif

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Can't really have a story without at least one of these

• Sunshine

• Dialogue

• Characters

• Alien Superstars

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Gloomy gray skies, a mysterious plot and a love sick man are just some the __________ for a good Edgar Allan Poe story

• Motives

• Conventions

• Characters

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4