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Uncle
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SPINNING
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The man shrank
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Mauve (colour)
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Throw roses to the dead
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grave
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Graveyard – a funeral
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Minister
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Softball mitt
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Smudge
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A Glossary of Short Story The Short Story--- Literary Terms: 1. Character Development: the change in a character from the beginning to the conclusion of the story. 2. Characterization: the ways a writer shows what a character is like. The way a character acts, speaks, thinks, and looks characterizes that person. 3. Climax: the turning point of a story. 4. Conflict: a struggle or difference of opinion between characters. Sometimes a character may clash with a force of nature. 5. Dialogue: the exact words that a character says; usually the conversation between characters. 6. Foreshadowing: clues that hint or suggest what will happen later in the story. 7. Inner Conflict: a struggle that takes place in the mind of a character. 8. Main Character: the person the story is mostly about. 9. Mood: the feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates. For example, the mood of a story might be humorous or suspenseful. 10. Motive: the reason behind a character’s actions. 11. Narrator: the person who tells the story. Usually, the narrator is the writer or a character in the story. (point of view) 12. Plot: the series of incidents or happenings in a story. The plot is the outline or arrangement of events. 13. Purpose: the reason the author wrote the story. For example, an author’s purpose might be to amuse or entertain, to convince, or to inform. 14.Setting: the time and place of the action in a story; where and when the action takes place. 15. Style: the way in which a writer uses language. The choice and arrangement of words and sentences help to create the writer’s style. 16. Theme: the main, or central idea, of a story.
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