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English 9 Short Story Notes: A Review of All The Terminology From The Last Two Years... You Remember, Don't You?
English 9 Short Story Notes: A Review of All The Terminology From The Last Two Years... You Remember, Don't You?
Short Story
Notes
A review of all the terminology
from the last two years...you
remember, don’t you?
How to Properly Write/Type Titles
“ShortStories”
“Magazine Articles” <- The following titles
are placed in quotation
“Newspaper Articles” marks.
“Poems”
“Songs”
“Essays”
“Chapters in Books”
When writing the following underline:
When typing the following italicize:
Novels
Plays
Magazines
Movies
Television Shows
Structural Elements
Plot: series of related events that make up a story.
Inciting Incident
Plotline
Exposition: Introduces the reader to the
characters, places, and situations of the story.
Inciting Incident (Narrative Hook): The place
where the author catches the reader’s attention;
establishes conflict.
Rising Action: Increase in action/suspense,
consists of the conflicts in the story.
Plotline continued...
Climax: Highest point of interest, the point of no
return, the plot must move forward.
External Internal
A character struggles A character struggles
against an outside with forces from within
force. (emotions, desires,
needs).
Examples of Conflict
Man vs. Man: Two (2) opposing human forces.
E.g.
– Someone who feels guilty because he stole
money.
Examples of Conflict
Man vs. Society: Man vs. Laws, Customs, Beliefs.
Objective:
Told in third person; none of the characters have
their thoughts revealed; reader analyzes characters
from actions and words only.
Characterization
Method through which the author reveals facts
about the characters.
Direct Indirect
Shows what a character
is like:
Tells the reader
what the Speech
Thoughts
personality of the Effect on others
character is Actions
Looks
Characterization Continued...
Dynamic Static
A character that A character that stays
changes in some way the same
Characterization Continued...
Protagonist Antagonist
The leading character Theone opposed to the
or “hero” of a literary protagonist; opponent;
work. Moves the plot adversary
forward.
Examples
Protagonists Antagonists
Melinda Sordino Andy Evans
Harry Potter Lord Voldermort
Bella Swan Vampire James
Percy Jackson The Gods
Literary Devices
What’s the difference?
Elements Techniques
Always found in a story Sometimes found in
Characters story
Setting Foreshadowing
Point of view Irony
Conflict Flashback
Plot Allusions
Theme Symbolism
Theme
What the author wants you to remember; the
moral of the story; what we were to learn.
Theme is usually expressed in a complete
sentence.
Tone
The author’s attitude or feeling toward the writing.
Mood
The feeling the reader gets from a piece of
literature.
Situational Irony
The character believes something will happen and
the opposite occurs.