Tips for the Short Story Section (Grade 11 NSC Matric English FAL): Flashcards

Central message or idea explored in the story

Tone=author's attitude; Mood=reader's emotional feeling

Word choice used to create particular effects

Reading between lines for implied meaning & symbolism

Objects, actions or images representing deeper meanings

Literal, reorganisation, inference, evaluation, appreciation

Character vs character/self/society/nature

First-person, third-person limited, third-person omniscient

Writer's purpose (warn, teach, entertain, show perspectives)

Vivid descriptive language appealing to the senses