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Short Story Unit

Respond to the following in
your Bell Work section:
Copy and Consider the
following quote:
If you choose not to decide,
you have still made a choice.
What does this quote mean?
Why do people choose not to
pursue what they want?
(Response must be at least one
paragraph in length.)
Literary Terms and Concepts
Theme:
The meaning, moral, or message
about life that a writer conveys to
the reader.
Example: Helping others is one
of the best ways to feel good
about yourself.
Most themes are not stated, but
rather revealed through clues
and character behavior.

Literary Terms and Concepts
Characterization
The strategies an author uses to
describe a character, including
what the character looks like,
sounds like, and how he or she
behaves.
Motives
The moment to moment feelings,
desires, and needs that make a
character do something.
Traits
The consistent, permanent
qualities of a characters
personality, such as
competitiveness or being nice.

Irony
This is a situation that is
opposite what is expected to
happen.

Types of Irony
Verbal: this is when words are
used in a way that have
opposite meanings than what
they actually mean.
Example: They lived in a town
called Summit, but it was in a
land flat as a pancake.

Types of Irony
Situational: This is when the
series of events works out to
be the opposite of what you
expect SHOULD happen.
Example: You are rushing and
rushing around in the morning
to leave for school, but then
realize at the last minute it is
Saturday.

Vocabulary
Intuition
A feeling or sense about the
future.

Lapse
to fall behind or gradually slip.

Reverie
means to daydream
Meditation
A deep, calm happiness or
pleasant feeling.

Brazen
Bold, fearless, without care or
concern for consequence.

Fetishes
An intense liking of something,
almost to the point of
obsession.

Deftly
To do something with a lot of
skill and quickness.

Tedious
Long, boring, frustrating

Perverse
Improper or against normal
expectation.


Impulse
An overwhelming desire to do
something.