Short Story: Lit. Terms

8. whose attitudes do not change, they stay the same the whole time.
9. person who actively opposes or is hostile to the protagonist (Villain).
12. tells the story
13. character in a story, who drives the plot and is typically the focus of the audience.
14. characters exist only to highlight or illuminate the major characters.
16. animal, or thing who takes part in the action of a short story.
17. point of view,they are part of the story and are telling it the way that they see it.
18. time and place in which the story happens.

1. us to the characters and background information of the story.
2. struggle between two people or things in short story.
3. author's attitude or feeling toward the subject matter being written about.
4. central idea or belief in a short story.
5. are the characters who have a change in attitude by the end of the story.
6. action,ties up lose ends in the story which leads to the resolution.
7. ,The characters are important to the story. They are the people who the story is centered around.
10. ,a series of events and characters actions that related to the central conflict.
11. action,Where majority of the story takes place.
15. point of view,can tell us what the characters think and do, but they are not part of the story.
16. turning point in the story where the conflict is resolved.