short story's terms
- Plot
The series of related events that make up a narrative, such as a story, a novel, or an epic
- Exposition
- Character
A person in a story
- protagonist
The main character
- Antagonist
The character in the story who is against the protagonist.
- Rising action
- Conflict
a struggle or clash between opposing
characters, forces, or emotions
- Internal Conflict
The struggle occurring within a characters mind.
- External Conflict
A struggle that takes place between the main character and some outside force.
a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative.
- climax
- Falling Action
The parts of a story after the climax and before the very end.
the point of greatest emotional intensity or suspense in a plot when the outcome of the conflict becomes known
Third Person Limited
The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. All characters are described using pronouns, such as 'they', 'he', and 'she'. But, one character is closely followed throughout the story, and it is typically a main character.
Third Person Omniscient
- Denouement- Resolution
A method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.
Resolution
Denouement
when the character solves the main problem/conflict or someone solves it for him or her
- Foreshadowing
the very ending
A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
flashback
a scene in a narrative work that interrupts the present action of the plot to "flash backward" and tell what happened at an earlier time
point of view
the narrator's position in relation to a story being told
The insertion of background information within a story or narrative.
In "Tuesdays with Morrie" we get a flash back showing Morries childhood
In " Tuesdays with Morrie" the plot is Morrie telling Mitch about life
At the start of "Tuesdays with Morrie" the exposition is Mitch writing a collage essay that Morrie told him he should do