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The short story i used was __American History__.
==== Internal Conflict: An internal conflict is a conflict someone has with themselves. Like if someone can't figure out if they should tell someone about their prolbem. An example of an internal conflict, from __American History,__ is Elena doesn't really understand why Kennedy's death was such a big deal, but everyone around her is grieving about it and she doesn't really know what to do. ====

External Conflict: An external conflict is a conflict that someone has with other people or things such as nature. There are many different kinds of external conflict. An example of an external conflict in the story __American History__ is Elena and Eugene's Mom. They create a conflict because Eugene invited Elena over to study, but when she arrived his mom told her that she had to leave.

==== Exposition: Exposition is the backround information in a book. It usaully takes place at the begining. An exapmle of exposition in __American History__ is when Elena told us she was Puerto Rican and that her apartment building was full of other Puerto Ricans. ====

Rising Action: Rising action in a story is when the story is leading up to the biggest event. It is usaully the biggest part of a story. One rising action in this story was when Elena met Eugene.
==== Climax: A climax is the part of the story that everything leads up to. It is usaully something like a secret, or a suprise. The climax in __American History__ is when Elena is invited to Eugene's house and she goes, but is told she has to leave. ====

Resolution: The resolution in a story is where all the conflicts are solved. It is the end of a story. The resolution in this story is that Eugene will be moving soon.
==== Foreshadowing: Foreshadowing is when the author drops hints throughout the rising action as to what will happen in the climax, falling action, or resolution. One way the author foreshadowed in this story is at the begining when the African-American girls were saying rascist things to Elena because she was Puerto Rican. This was foreshadowing because when she meets Eugene's mom she says something along the lines of "i don't know what **you people** do". ==== ==== Imagery: Imagery is when the author creates images throughout the story using words. It is usaully done with similies and metaphors. A way imagery is used in __American History__ is when Elena is describing her apartment building. ==== ==== Irony : Irony is when reality is oppisite of what you'd expect. It is usually funny. Irony in this story is how, on the day most of the events take place, Elena remembers it because how Eugene's mom turned her down when she was trying to study, but she should've remembered it because of Kennedey's death. ====

Dynamic Character: A charcter that changes in the story. It could change a lot or a little. The dynamic character from this story is Elena because she learned that she is descriminated against.
==== Foil: A character that shows off the lead characters true character. It can do it by asking questions or doing something. Elena could be a foil character because she shows off Eugene's Mothers true character. ====

Setting: A setting is a place. It is the place that the story takes place at. Some settings of this story are the school, the apartment building, or New Jersey.
==== Suspense: Suspense is a feeling that a book gives you. It's like being anxious about finding out what is going to happen. An example of suspense in the book is when Elena was walking to Eugene's house. ====

Symbol: A symbol in a book is a thing that represnts something else. Like a lion represents courage. An example from the book is President Kennedy represented hope.
==== Theme: A theme is the writers message about whatever he/she's trying to get across. It could be about anything and there can be more than one. A the,e in this story was that you can't always ge twha tyou want because Elena gets denied by Eugne's Momma. ====