Lesson 6

• Character


  A person or entity who takes part in the action of the story or other literary work
• Protagonist and antagonist


  • The two most important characters in a short story
• Setting


  The time and location in which the story takes place
• Plot


  Series of events in the story which have a causal relationship with each other
• Parts of a story's structure

  • Beginning/Exposition
  • Rising Action
  • Climax
  • Falling Action
  • Resolution/Denouement
• Conflict


  The opposition of forces that may set forth the problems, issues and challenges that the main character needs to face or deal with
• Types of conflict


  • Man versus man
  • Man versus nature
  • Man versus himself
  • Man versus society
• Theme


  The central idea in a short story and a general truth
• Types of point of view

  • Participant Narrator/First Person
  • Second Person
  • Non-Participant Narrator/Third Person
• Participant Narrator/First Person is usually marked by "I" and the narrator is mainly part of the story as one of the characters
• Second Person emphasizes the "You" perspective or addresses the readers directly
• Non-Participant Narrator/Third Person has access to the minds of the characters and knows the whole story
• Fictional story


  • Invention
• Point of view


  The position of the narrator in relationship to how the story unfolds
• When the narrator emphasizes the "You" perspective or addresses the readers directly, it is in the Second Person point of view
• Flashback


  When a story brings the reader back in time to an earlier part of a character's life
• Plot


  The various events which occur in the story
• Foreshadowing


  When the reader is given a scene or an image which hints at what may happen in the future
• Conflict


  The problem that the main character has to tackle
• Climax


  The most exciting part of a short story
• Tone


  The emotion or feeling that readers get from reading the words
• Theme


  The main idea that appears repeatedly throughout the text