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39 Cards in this Set
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brief and to the point
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compact
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kind, sort, style
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genre
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short novel
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novelette
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ordinary language
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prose
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a fictional poem of less than 20,000 words
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short story
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focused on one thing
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unified
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general characteristics of a short story?
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carefully created, compact, unified
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edgar allen poe is accredited with writing the first series of short story collections t/f
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false
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Herman Melville was an early American short story writer. t/f
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true
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italian stories
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decameron
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chaucer
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canterbury tales
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first actual "short stories"
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19th century
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old t. stories
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jonah and ruth
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new t. stories
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parables
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James Joyce made an innovative contribution to the short story by focusing on the inner lives of his characters.t/f
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true
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The classic definition of a short story is _____.
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a fictional prose piece that can be easily read in one sitting
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The modern definition of a short story is _____.
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a fictional prose piece that is under 20,000 words
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A short story typically has a less developed plot than a novel. t/f
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true
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the world in which the characters move; the feeling generated by a work of art
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atmosphere
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author's description of a character
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characterization
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a fight or struggle; a mental or spiritual struggle within a person
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conflict
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stated indirectly
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implied
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the pattern of incidents in a story
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plot
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time and location of a story
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setting
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meaning behind an author's writing
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theme
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the introduction of a story that gives the reader background information about characters and situation
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exposition
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the action in a story that builds toward the climax
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rising action
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action that occurs after the climax of a story
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falling action
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the turning point of a story; the most intense moment in a story
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climax
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the outcome or conclusion of a story; the resolution to a crisis
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denouement
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describes a character who is at once a unique individual but, at the same time, is a representative of all mankind
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concrete universal
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character who changes as a result of an event that happened to him
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dynamic character
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character with only one or two definable traits
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flat character
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well-developed character represented as having many traits
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round character
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character who does not change in result of the events happening around him
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static character
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to make complete
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complement
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figurative language that evokes mental pictures
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imagery
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use of symbols in lit
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symbolism
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use of language; wording
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diction
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