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Elements of a Short Story

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  • What is 1st Person Point of View
    Someone tells the story through one of the main characters
  • Who or What is the Antagonist in "Shame"?
    Society/Teacher
  • Situational Irony
    the situation that is expected or intended to happen is the opposite of what actually happens
  • What is the opening of the story where characters, setting, and conflict are introduced?
    Exposition
  • What point of view is "Eleven" told in?
    First Person
  • What is the conflict in "Eleven"?
    Rachel vs Teacher, or Rachel vs. Self
  • Where the character takes some action to resolve the conflict.
    Rising Action
  • The feelings that created in the time and place (Setting)
    Atmosphere
  • What is the highest point of interest in a story, or the turning point?
    Climax
  • The protagonist of the story is always the good guy.
    False
  • What is the climax in the Pixar Short "Piper"?
    Piper digs hole in the sand to conquer the wave and gather food
  • What is an abstract idea?
    An idea you pull out of the story, not directly stated in the story, one word, a "thematic idea"
  • A theme is stated directly in the story.
    False.
  • Where the story happens (Setting)
    Place
  • What is a theme presented in "Eleven"?
    Answers vary, teachers discretion
  • In the Pixar short, "La Luna," what was one of the conflicts?
    Boy vs. Self (Finding Indepence), Old man vs. Middle aged man (who is right), Man vs Nature (Big star)
  • What is one abstract or thematic idea presented in "Shame"?
    Answers may vary, teacher discretion.
  • What is an antagonist?
    character or force against which the protagonist is pitted.
  • When a narrator NOT in the story is telling it.
    3rd Person POV
  • What Point of View is "Shame" told in?
    First Person
  • How many sentences is a thematic statement?
    One
  • What is one theme presented in "Shame"?
    Answers may vary, teacher discretion.
  • Occurs at the very end when all the struggles are over and we know what the outcome is
    Falling action/Resolution
  • Human vs Self is what type on conflict?
    Internal
  • What is a series of related events?
    Plot
  • When the story happens (Setting)
    Time
  • A struggle between opposing forces
    Conflict
  • A static characters is a character that changes throughout the story.
    False
  • What are the 3 elements that create the setting of a story?
    time, place, and atmosphere
  • What are the 3 different External Conflicts?
    Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Man, Man vs. Society
  • Dramatic Irony
    when we, the reader or audience, knows something that the characters in the story do not know
  • The character undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot
    Dynamic character
  • What are the 5 ways that characters are created?
    Speech, appearance, thoughts, actions, other characters
  • What type of conflict is the in the movie "Twisters"?
    Man vs. Nature; External
  • When you say one thing but mean something else (Sarcasm)
    Verbal irony
  • Who is the Protagonist in "Shame"?
    African American Boy
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