Short Story Test Tuesday

Here are some notes and presentations to help you prepare for your test on Tuesday. Don't forget to bring your textbook to class.

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Short Story Notes

Nonfiction-People, places, and events are real, and the story is told by a real person.
See page 2-5 of your textbook

Figurative Language- Writing that is not meant to be taken literally. It is used to create vivid impressions by comparing two unlike things.
She was as big as a house.
Here hair glowed like fire.

Metaphor is a direct comparison
if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Simile is an indirect comparison
She was as big as a house

Plot-the events of a story. A story must a have an exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action. (Beginning, Middle, and End)

Setting is the time and place of a story

Theme is the big idea in the story

Conflict- the big problem in the story -
Man against Man - where a character or characters in a story pose a problem to another.-
Man against Nature - where natural conditions (calamities and disasters) pose a problem to the character(s).-
Man against Himself - where the character's own imperfections pose a problem to the character.
Man against Society - where the rules, norms, values, systems and structures of a society pose a problem to the characters.




Irony is the difference between appearance and reality.

mood the feeling a story creates in the reader
eerie, suspenseful, dark, spooky
uplifting, sad, funny

Dialect is the form of language spoken by a particular group.
Dialect effects the pronunciation, vocabulary, and sentence structure.
Listen to examples online and compare to transcript
English

Characterization creating and developing a characters personality and appearance. Characterization is done through action, dialogue, and description.

Foreshadowing-hints to future events in the story.
Short Story Terms Power Point
Foreshadowing in MDG (the shots, animal cry, and blood Rainsford sees on the island)

Protagonist: Main Character in the story

Antagonist: The person the character struggles against
(these characters are not always good or bad)

Dynamic and Static characters
Dynamic character is a character who changes during the course of the story. (Rainsford)
Static character is a character who stays the same. (Grandma Cain)