Short Story Cheat Sheet!
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Setting
Mood
parts of a sort story that show the emotional feelings of the story (weath, music, description of places.)
Place
country, city/town, indoors/outdoors, building, home.
Time
Year, month, season, time of day, decade, political/cultural time.
Character
Dynamic
a character who does change throughout the story and learns a lesson, changes thinking.
Static
a character who does not change throughout the story and learns nothing.
Round
A fully developed character; one who has many traits and also has flaws and strenghts.
Flat
A chracter who can be described in one sentence and has only one or two traits.
Characters
Characters are people in the story
Conflict
Person vs Supernatural
The character has a conflict with a supernatrbeing or experirience.
Person vs Society
The character opposes a larger group of people or society at large.
Person vs Nature
The character struggles with some element of nature.
Person vs Person
The character has conflict with one or more other characters.
Person vs Self
The character has a problem that only she or he can solve necasue the dilemma is witin herself or hiself.
conflict is the struggle between a character and an opposing force. Conflict is in the story to advance the plot, reveal character and teach the moral of the story.
Theme
Theme
The theme is the message of the story that can be true for more than just the characters in the story. THe theme is written in one sentence. THe authors universal message to all readers.
Point of View
Third Person Limited
The author tell the storyin third person but tell it from the viewpoint of one character in the story. The narrator only knows the view point of one character. Speaks in third person: He, she, they , his , theirs.
Third Person Omniscient
The author acts as the narrator and tells the reader what everyone in the story is feeling and thinking. But the author still tells what is going on in the story. Omniscient means all knowing. Speaks in thrid person: He, she, they, his, theirs.
Second Person
The author tellls the story, but so do you. The author wrote how it ended and began, but in between you pick how the stouy goes. Like a choose your own adventure books.
First Persons
A character within the story who is the narrator and relates the evetns as if she or he were the protagonist or an minor character. Speaks in the first person: I, me, my, ours, us, we.
Point of view is a method of narration. It shows the relation between the narrator and the characters and events of the story.
Style
Imagery
The use of vivid, realalistive deatails. Almost like painting a picture in your mind.
Dialogue
Conversation between two or more characters.
Symbolism
A person,place, event, or object that represents something eles.
Figurative
Language that uses literary devieces to achieve special effects.
Irony
A way of writting that depends on the argument between the apperent and the real.
Personification
Something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Metaphor
A figure of speach in which two unlike things are compared, but like or as are not used.
Simile
A comparison made between to different phrases or wordsusing the words like or as.
Tone
The authro's attitude toward his or her own material.
Diction
The author's choice of words. Like a dictionary.
Style is the writting style the author uses in the story.
Plot
Foreshadowing
A hint that prepares the reader for what is about to happen or later in the story.
Antagonist
The main oppnent of the protagonist; another person, society, forces of nature, or the protagonist's inner sturggle.
Protagonist
Ther hero or central character (main character.)
conflict
The disagrement of two forces.
Resolution
The problem of the story is fixed (the resolution of the conflict.)
Falling Action
Comes after the Climax, it shows the reader how the conflict is resolved.
Climax
The middle of the story. It has the greatest moment of excitment or suspense. It is usually the turning point of the story.
Introduction
A part of the story that that gives the background necessary for understanding the events that will occur. Introduces the characters and helps you to better understand them.
ework of the story). It is usually made up of a series of key incidents or events. They make up the action of the story which moves toward a climax.
