1. Short Stories

3. Plot The series of related events that make up the story.

5. Plot Line Exposition Complications (Rising Action) Climax Falling Action Resolution

8. Character A person, animal, natural force or object in a story or play.

9. Characterization The process of revealing the personality of a character is called characterization .

15. Point of View The vantage point from which the author has chosen to tell the story.

16. First Person One of the characters is actually telling the story, using the pronoun “I.”

17. Third Person Narrator is an outside storyteller. (can be “limited” or “omniscient” point of view.)

18. Omniscient “All Knowing” Person telling the story knows everything there is to know about the characters and their problems.

19. Limited Narrator only knows one character’s thoughts and feelings.

20. Point of View The narrator is not always the author.

21. Setting The time and place of a story or play.

27. Symbolism Anything that stands for or represents something else. Examples: Red rose American Flag

28. Theme Central idea of a work of literature

30. Theme A theme is usually not stated directly in the story.