Central Idea and Short Story Vocabulary

A struggle between opposing forces

• conflict

• antagonist

• Hook

• irony

A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well.

• Static character

• imagery

• metaphor

• symbolism

The point of the highest tension in the story.

• Resolution

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Exposition

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

• Mood

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• hyperbole

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).

• imagery

• internal conflict

• simile

• personification

Extreme exaggeration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• mood

• author's purpose

A comparison between two things using like or as.

 

• characterization

• conflict

• metaphor

• simile

Person vs. Society, person vs. person, person vs. nature, and person vs. technology are all examples of

• point of view

• tone

• external conflict

• satire

The message or moral of a story; usually universal and timeless in nature

• resolution

• setting

• theme

• verbal irony

When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't.

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• foreshadowing