1. Short
Story
Review

2. Graphically
Organized
Going Up
Reveal ‘em
Picture
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3. Establishes the basic situation: characters, setting, and plot
EXPOSITION

4. any action between the exposition and climax – contains the conflict and complications
RISING ACTION

5. the height of suspense, the turning point, highest point of interest
CLIMAX

6. the part of plot after the climax which contains events that contribute to the resolution
FALLING ACTION

7. “tying up loose ends”, resolving the conflict
DENOUEMENT

8. a struggle or problem between
opposing forces
CONFLICT

9. the conflict takes place within
the main character
INTERNAL CONFLICT

10. any action that interferes with resolving the conflict
COMPLICATION

11. the conflict involves an
outside force.
EXTERNAL CONFLICT

12. Man vs. man
Man vs. nature
Man vs. society
EXTERNAL CONFLICTS

13. the process of making characters come alive through the written word
CHARACTERIZATION

14. when an author tells what a character is like
DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

15. when an author shows us what a character is like through context clues
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

16. A character who doesn’t change, a character who stays the same.
STATIC CHARACTER

17. A character who changes as a result of something that happens in the story.
DYNAMIC CHARACTER

18. time and place of the story
SETTING

19. when setting is a source of conflict, it would be stated like this
MAN VS. NATURE

20. The function of setting when setting helps disclose additional information about a character
REVEALS CHARACTER

21. The function of setting when a reader’s emotions are manipulated
CREATES MOOD

22. The function of setting when it gives readers a backdrop (frame) for the story
PROVIDES BACKGROUND

23. A multi-dimensional, complex
character.
ROUND CHARACTER

24. The topic of the short story usually stated in a word or two
SUBJECT

25. The main idea of a story stated
in a sentence or two.
THEME

26. The theme is the idea that an author wants to reveal about a subject.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUBJECT AND THEME

27. a series of related events
PLOT

28. THE END