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Short story ENGL 2 Flashcards

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Short story

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Short account of an incident or series of incidents whether accurate or invented.

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Narrative

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A general term for a story.

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A story or tale

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Usually short, whereas a narrative may be of any length.

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Fiction

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Latin for “to fashion or form”.

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Perspective

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The way you see it.

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1st perspective

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uses I, me and forms of

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2nd perspective

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uses you and forms of

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3rd perspective

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uses forms of he, she, they

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Limited POV

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one person

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omniscient POV

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all-know narrator

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objective POV

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reports

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fable

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a story that uses animals and has a moral lesson

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parable

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a story that teaches a religious lesson

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tall tale

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an exaggerated story

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legend

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a story that has been passed down over the years

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flash fiction

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short story that is less than a 1000 words

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novella

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a story that is longer than a short story, but not as long as a novel

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plot

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the events in the story

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theme

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meaning of the story

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tone

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the attitude of the story

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fiction

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a story that is not true; imaginary

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protagonist

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main character

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antagonist

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the character who opposes the protagonist

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flashback

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to go back in time

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foreshadowing

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to hint at the future

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conflict

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struggle

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epiphany

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sudden insight

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story of initiation

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growing up or coming of age; bildungsroman

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exposition

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introduction of background, setting, and characters

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complication

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introduction to significiant problem

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crisis

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point where a crucial decision is made

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conclusion

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point of view

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unreliable pov

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innocent or naive pov

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stream of consciousness

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interior monologue

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dynamic character

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static character

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stock character

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flat character

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round character

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character

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focus

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voice

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mood

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feeling or attitude of story

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style

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author’s distinctive manner with diction, imagery, syntax

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fairy tale

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a story that begins with once upon a time and ends with lives happily ever after

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ballad

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historical fiction

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Freytag’s pyramid

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climax

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rising action

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falling action

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resolution or conclusion

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inciting incident

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setting

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archetype

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situational irony

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dramatic irony

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verbal irony

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bildungsroman

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perception

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Anecdote

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Tone

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