Short Story Terms

1. how the author makes the reader feel
6. you say one thing, but you mean the opposite (like sarcasm)
8. the character or force (human or not) that gets in the way of what the main character wants
10. "booming voice" "cackling witch" "hooting owl"
11. language that appeals to the senses
13. a reference to something that people will recognize--like when Taylor Swift talks about how she and her boyfriend are Romeo and Juliet
16. In this point of view, the narrator is not in the story, and the story focuses on one person
17. "The song was a silvery dust."
19. the major turning point in the plot--everything builds to this moment!
20. the point in the plot when the complication builds
22. the point of the story; best written as a complete sentence!
24. how the author feels toward the character, story, etc.
25. clues the author gives us about things to come
26. a struggle between two opposing forces - we must have this in stories!
27. the events in a story and the order in which they occur

2. the audience/reader knows something the character doesn't (Titanic passengers! You are going to die!)
3. how the author develops a character
4. "The tiny shriveled baby looked like an old man."
5. the main and most important character in the story
7. a type of character that changes in the story
8. "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream"
9. In this point of view, the narrator is a character in the story.
12. the background information in a story
14. a type of character that does not change in the story
15. probably one of the most popular conflicts is man vs. ______
18. the opposite of what is expected happens (a fire station burns down)
21. An author gives us indirect clues about the character, so we have to __________ about the character.
23. "Summer was dead, and autumn had not yet been born."