Strange and Mysterious
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- Theme
- a main idea in a work of literature
- Saki
- "The Open Window"
- Kurt Vonnegut
- "Harrison Bergeron"
- Character
- a person or animal in a story, play, or other litereay work
- Narrator
- a person or character in whose voice the story is told
- Dilemma
- when a main character is in peril or must chose between two dangerous courses of action
- Point of view
- the vantage point from which a story is told
- Mystery
- a type of writing in which authors withhold information from the readers
- Washington Irving
- "Rip Van Winkle"
- Irony
- a contrast between expectations and reality
- W.W. Jacobs
- "The Monkey's Paw"
- Personification
- a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human qualites
- Plot
- the chain of related events that make up a story
- Satire
- writing what ridicules something in order to bring about a change
- Resoultuion
- the end of the story for yourself
- Atmosphere
- the overall mood or feeling
- Roald Dahl
- "The Landlady"
- Suspence
- the uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next
- Edgar Allan Poe
- "The Tell-Tall Heart"
- Ray Bradbury
- "There Will Come Soft Rains"
- Lensey Namioka
- "The Inn of Lost Time"
- Conflict
- a struggle between opposing characters or forces
- Climax
- the most important or exciting point in the story
- Reversal
- a sudden change in a characters situation from good to bad or vice-versa
- Foreshadowing
- clues the author gives to hint at a stories outcome