Short story

What is exposition?

Introduces characters, setting, and background

What is inciting indecent?

The event that starts the main conflict

What is conflict?

The central struggle between opposing forces

What is Man vs. Self?

A character struggles with thoughts, choices, or emotions

What is Man vs Man

A character struggles against another character

What is Man vs. Society

A character struggles against social rules or expectations

What is Man vs. Nature?

A character struggled against natural forced

What is Man vs. Fate?

A character struggles against unavoidable destiny

What is the climax?

The story’s highest point of tension or turning point

What is the resolution?

The conflict is settled and the story concludes

What are complications?

Events that increase conflict or make the problem harder

What is suspense

Tension created by uncertainty about what will happen

What is foreshadowing?

Clues that hint at future events

What is direct characterization

The author directly states a character’s traits

What is indirect characterization

The author indirectly states a character’s traits

What is a round character

A complex character with multiple traits and depth

What is a flat character

A character with few traits and little complexity

What is a static character?

A character who does not significantly change

What is a dynamic character

A character who undergoes important change

What is motivation?

The reason a character asks or makes choices

What is internal motivation

A character acts because of an internal desire or belief

What is external motivation?

A character acts because of outside rewards, pressure, or forces

What is point of view?

The perspective from which a story is told

What is first person point of view?

A narrator used I or we and participates in the story

What is third person limited

A narrator tells a story using he/she/they but follows ine character’s perspective

What is third person omniscient

A narrator knows the thoughts and experiences of multiple characters

What is a symbol

An object, person, or idea that represents a deeper meaning

What is an allegory

A story where the characters and events represent bigger ideas or messages

What is tone

The authors attitude toward the subject or audience

What is mood

The feeling or atmosphere created for the reader

What is irony

A contrast between expectations and what actually happens or is meant

What is setting?

The time and place in which a story occurs

What is theme?

A central message or insight about life

What is hyperbole?

Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect

What is an allusion?

A brief reference to a known person, event, place, or work

What is alliteration?

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in nearby words

What is onomatopoeia?

A word that imitates a sound, such as buzz or crash

What is repetition?

Deliberate reuse of a word, phrase, or idea

What is rhyme?

Repetition of similar ending sounds

What is internal rhyme?

Rhyme occurring within a line rather than only at the end

What is enjambment?

A poetic line continues into the next without terminal punctuation

What is a simile?

A comparison using like or as

What id the main conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game”?

Rainsford struggles against Zaroff and the hunt for survival

What is the central conflict in “The Lottery”?

Tessie Hutchinson faces a cruel tradition enforced by society.

What is a major conflict in “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse”?

Aram and Mourad’s conflict with their family’s values about honesty

What is the central conflict un “The Masque of the Red Death”?

Prince Prospero tried to escape death, which cannot be avoided

What is a key theme of “The Raven”?

Grief can become overwhelming and difficult to escape

What does quote embedding mean?

Integrating a quotation smoothly into your own sentence and analysis

What is social commentary?

A work’s observation or criticism of society and its issues

What should characterization explain?

How a character’s traits, actions, and changes affect the story.