Phrases to speak about short stories

Useful phrases to speak about a short story

- The short story is about a decisive event in the life of ….
- The story deals with the theme of….
- It illustrates a typical example of human….
- It is a psychological study of…
- It narrates the conflict between two characters…
- The story concentrates on…
- It presents aspects of characters at a crucial moment of conflict in their
lives.
- It is set in…
- It covers only a short period of time.
- There is a build-up of suspense towards the end of the story.
- It may have an abrupt opening; an open ending; a surprise ending
- The atmosphere in the story is shown in…; is revealed by…

Vocabulary Landscape

Vocabulary: Land/scape

to dread sth (l.8)
to spend time together (l.9)
to have an opinion of sth (l.13)
to have different opinions (l.17)
to expect more of sb (ll. 39-30)
to keep on doing sth (l.34)
actually (l.42)
right on cue (l.126)
defiant (l.167)
possession (l.168)
to be damned (l.172)
to avoid sth (l.185)
to remember sth (l.205)
to lose courage (l.224)
to live up to sth (l.243)
to be fit in sth (l.248)
to guess (l.264)
to tease (l.278)