SHORT STORY TERMS

used to reveal characters & their personalities

• CHARACTERIZATION

• PROTAGONIST

• ANTAGONIST

• SETTING

• PLOT

The narrator tells the story from the viewpoint of ONE character in the story.

• Lets the reader know what ONE character thinks, sees, knows, hears,

and feels (LIMITED to ONE)

• Uses the pronouns: he, she, it, they

• first person point of view

• second person point of view

• third person objective point of view

• third person limited point of view

• third person omniscient point of view

time & place in which a story unfolds

• CHARACTERIZATION

• PROTAGONIST

• ANTAGONIST

• SETTING

• PLOT

beginning of story; setting and characters are introduced

• EXPOSITION

• RISING ACTION

• CLIMAX

• FALLING ACTION

• RESOLUTION

part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated

• EXPOSITION

• RISING ACTION

• CLIMAX

• FALLING ACTION

• RESOLUTION

turning point; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense

• EXPOSITION

• RISING ACTION

• CLIMAX

• FALLING ACTION

• RESOLUTION

follows climax; things become clear; contains action/dialogue that leads to resolution

• EXPOSITION

• RISING ACTION

• CLIMAX

• FALLING ACTION

• RESOLUTION

 portion of a story in which the conflict is solved

• EXPOSITION

• RISING ACTION

• CLIMAX

• FALLING ACTION

• RESOLUTION

character battles uncontrollable problem such as disease or a traumatic event

• person vs. fate

• person vs. self

• person vs. nature

• person vs. person

• person vs. society

a person who is opposed to or against the main character in a story

• CHARACTERIZATION

• PROTAGONIST

• ANTAGONIST

• SETTING

• PLOT