Honors English I - Unit 1 Short Stories and Literary Terms

STUDY GUIDE

Literary Terms

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Honors English I - Unit 1 Short Stories and Literary Terms

STUDY GUIDE

1.  Plot

2.  Exposition

3.  rising action

4.  climax

5.  falling action

6.  resolution

7.  denouement

8.  ambiguity

9.  characterization (4 ways)

10.  tone

11.  setting

12.  symbol

13.  theme

14.  Point of View

  1. 1st person point of view
  2. 2nd person point of view
  3. 3rd person limited point of view
  4. 3rd person omniscient point of view

15.  personification

16.  simile

17.  metaphor

18.  foreshadowing

19.  hyperbole

20.  conflict

  1. individual vs. nature
  2. individual vs. society
  3. individual vs. invidual
  4. individual vs. self

21.  paradox

22.  oxymoron

23.  genre

24.  protagonist

25.  antagonist

26.  concrete

27.  abstract

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Honors English I - Unit 1 Short Stories and Literary Terms

STUDY GUIDE

Short Stories
For each story, review the characters, conflicts, plot, theme, and point of view of the narrator.

“The Most Dangerous Game”
by Richard Connell
“Cathedral”
by Raymond Carver
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
by Ray Bradbury
“The Hit Man”
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
“Sunday in the Park”
by Bel Kaufman
“Reunion”
by John Cheever
“The Lottery Ticket”
by Anton Chekhov
“The Lottery”
by Shirley Jackson

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