LANA - LITERATURE MIDTERM EXAM STUDY
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Short story
Tell about a single event
Fictional (not true)
500 to 15,000 words in length
It has a beginning, middle, and end
Creates an impression on the reader
Characterization
Creation of imagery- people who appear to be real to the reader. The writer gives
information about the characters in the story.
Theme
The "message" the writer intends to communicate by telling the story.
It is different from the topic.
It must be written in a sentence.
Plot
A series of events through which the writer reveals what is happening to whom , and
why.
Point of view
The position of the narrator of the story and what the writer sees from that vantage
point.
First person: I, me, we , us
Third person: he, him, she, her, they, them
Setting
Tells the reader where and when the story takes place
Exposition
Sets stage of the story
Often contains setting or characterization
Rising Action
A series of conflicts or events which advance the plot and engage the reader in the
story
Climax
When the action reaches its highest point of conflict
Falling action
The events that occur after the climax, usually wrap up
Resolution
Tells how all the conflicts have solved
Conflict
, Is a problem in the story that needs to be resolved.
main idea
The idea of what the author is saying about a topic
Narrator
The person who is telling the story
Personal narrative
Is a first person story describing something that happened to the narrator
Character
People, animals, or objects that appear in a story; a character takes part in the action of
a short story or other literary work
Dialogue
The conversation between two or more people, or between a person and herself or
himself
Internal dialogue
What the character is thinking or saying to himself or herself with the text
External dialogue
What the character says out loud to others and in the text
Generating circumstance
Event that starts a story
Denotation
Dictionary definition of a word
Internal Conflict
A struggle or a problem within the character's mind
external conflict
A struggle or problem (outside) beyond the character's control
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
Inference
An educated guess
Foreshadowing
A hint or clue about what will happen at a later moment in the plot
A hint about an upcoming event
Perplexed
Confused
Emigrate
To leave one country or region and settle in another
Implicate
to involve in; to connect with or be related to
Impeded
To obstruct or interfere with; to delay
Deficiency
A lack or shortage of; a falling of or short coming
Impose
To forcibly place upon
Inadvertent
unintentional
GUIDE. QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
BUY QUALITY MATERIALS!
Short story
Tell about a single event
Fictional (not true)
500 to 15,000 words in length
It has a beginning, middle, and end
Creates an impression on the reader
Characterization
Creation of imagery- people who appear to be real to the reader. The writer gives
information about the characters in the story.
Theme
The "message" the writer intends to communicate by telling the story.
It is different from the topic.
It must be written in a sentence.
Plot
A series of events through which the writer reveals what is happening to whom , and
why.
Point of view
The position of the narrator of the story and what the writer sees from that vantage
point.
First person: I, me, we , us
Third person: he, him, she, her, they, them
Setting
Tells the reader where and when the story takes place
Exposition
Sets stage of the story
Often contains setting or characterization
Rising Action
A series of conflicts or events which advance the plot and engage the reader in the
story
Climax
When the action reaches its highest point of conflict
Falling action
The events that occur after the climax, usually wrap up
Resolution
Tells how all the conflicts have solved
Conflict
, Is a problem in the story that needs to be resolved.
main idea
The idea of what the author is saying about a topic
Narrator
The person who is telling the story
Personal narrative
Is a first person story describing something that happened to the narrator
Character
People, animals, or objects that appear in a story; a character takes part in the action of
a short story or other literary work
Dialogue
The conversation between two or more people, or between a person and herself or
himself
Internal dialogue
What the character is thinking or saying to himself or herself with the text
External dialogue
What the character says out loud to others and in the text
Generating circumstance
Event that starts a story
Denotation
Dictionary definition of a word
Internal Conflict
A struggle or a problem within the character's mind
external conflict
A struggle or problem (outside) beyond the character's control
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
Inference
An educated guess
Foreshadowing
A hint or clue about what will happen at a later moment in the plot
A hint about an upcoming event
Perplexed
Confused
Emigrate
To leave one country or region and settle in another
Implicate
to involve in; to connect with or be related to
Impeded
To obstruct or interfere with; to delay
Deficiency
A lack or shortage of; a falling of or short coming
Impose
To forcibly place upon
Inadvertent
unintentional
