201 Honors Short Story Terms

Sequence of related events moving from a problem to a solution

• plot

• exposition

• rising action

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the main character struggles against an outside force

• dependent conflict

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• independent conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the writer directly tells the reader about a character's personality

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• primary characterization

• secondary characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the writer reveals the character’s personality through physical description, through the characters’ words, thoughts and actions, and through other characters’ comments

• secondary characterization

• primary characterization

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the narrator is a voice outside of the story who relates the events from the point of view from one of the characters

• first person

• third person omniscient

• third person limited

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the narrator is a voice outside of the story who is all-seeing and all-knowing; the narrator may relate actions, comment on behavior, go inside the minds of multiple characters, and tell the reader what multiple characters are thinking and feeling

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• mood

• theme

• motif

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the atmosphere or overall feeling of the story

• theme

• mood

• motif

• tone

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3