Elements of the Short Story

This type of irony occurs when a writer says one thing but really means something else (sarcasm).

• verbal irony

• climax

• direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The character who struggles against the main character in a story and is usually the "bad guy" or the villain.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• characters

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Special features, traits, or quality of a person or thing.

• second person

• characteristics

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The moment when the action in a story reaches its greatest conflict and is at its most intense point. When the main character faces their problem. This is the turning point of the story...things will never be the same for the character.

• rising action

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the author directly tells the reader about a character's traits or personality.

• direct characterization

• external conflict

• protagonist

The reader or audience knows something that a character does not know.

• internal conflict

• indirect characterization

• dramatic irony

The part of the plot that provides background information and introduces the setting, conflict, and often the main character or characters. Usually at the beginning of a literary work.

• external conflict

• exposition

• rising action

A conflict in which the main character (or group) struggles with other characters, society, or nature.

• internal conflict

• characters

• external conflict

The action right after the climax where most of the story's conflicts are resolved.

• resolution

• falling action

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the narrator is part of the action of the story; uses the words "I" and "we" when telling the story.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person