Plot
Elements
Literary
Terms
Literary
Terms II
Short Story
Review
Short Story
Review II
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Exposition, rising action,
climax, falling action, and the
resolution make up this of a
story.
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Plot
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This is the beginning of the story where the
reader is made aware of the story’s important
characters, setting, complications, etc.
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Exposition
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This part of a story is the
greatest moment of intensity.
This can also be called a turning
point.
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Climax
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This is the part of the story
where the reader is made aware
of the outcome.
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Resolution
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In this part of the story, the
reader becomes more familiar
with the conflicts and
complications of the story.
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Rising Action
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This term means the time and
place in which a story occurs.
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Setting
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This person writes the story but
is not necessarily the narrator of
the story.
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Author
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This is a tool the author uses to
reveal the personality traits of
certain characters.
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Characterization
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All stories have this and it tries
to teach the readers a certain
message. It is usually stated in a
general statement about life.
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Theme
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This terms means a contrast or
discrepancy between
appearances and reality.
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Irony
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This type of conflict occurs
within a character’s self or
whithin his mind.
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Internal Conflict
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In this type of irony, a situation
does not end the way many
believe it should have.
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Situational Irony
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Man v. Man, Man v. Society, and
Man v. Nature are all examples
of what type of conflict?
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External Conflict
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In this type of irony, the reader
or audience is aware of
something a character is not.
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Dramatic Irony
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This type of characterization can
be seen through the character’s
appearance, thoughts, speech,
and also other characters’
reactions to that specific
character.
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Indirect Characterization
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What is the setting of “The Most
Dangerous Game”?
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Ship Trap Island
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This is what the king uses in
“The Lady or The Tiger?” in
order to determine someone’s
guilt or innocense.
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Fate or Chance
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In “The Scarlet Ibis,” this is the
type of character that both
Doodle and the narrator
represent.
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Round
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This is the reason Zaroff claims
that he likes to hunt humans
instead of animals.
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They are able to reason
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This is the reason that Ulrich is
in the forest to begin with in the
story “The Interlopers.”
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Protecting his land from the
neighboring poachers
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Why are Ulrich and Georg
fighting in “The Interlopers”?
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They each believe that the land
belongs to them.
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What is Doodle’s real name?
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William Armstrong
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What does Montresor’s family
crest and motto say about him?
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He will seek revenge.
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Which character in “The Scarlet
Ibis” goes through a character
arc?
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The narrator
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In “The Lady or the Tiger” What
is the king trying to determine
by having “criminals” choose
between the two doors?
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Guilt or innocence
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