Elements of short story and poetry

Question 1

a sequence of events in the story

Answer 1

plot

Question 2

parts of plot?

Answer 2

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denoument

Question 3

introduction of setting and characters

Answer 3

exposition

Question 4

the resolution of conflict

Answer 4

resolution or denoument

Question 5

reachest highest, most intense point

Answer 5

climax

Question 6

events following the climax

Answer 6

falling action

Question 7

events that build conflict for the protagonist

Answer 7

rising action

Question 8

is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story

Answer 8

character

Question 9

types of characters

Answer 9

protagonist, antagonist, dynamic character, static character, round character

Question 10

your main character, naturally, the essential player

Answer 10

protagonist

Question 11

the villain, the character who opposes and undermines your protagonist

Answer 11

antagonist

Question 12

who changes over the course of the story

Answer 12

dynamic character

Question 13

major character who shows fluidity and the capacity for change

Answer 13

round character

Question 14

does not noticeably change over the course of a story

Answer 14

static character

Question 15

can refer to time and place the story is set in

Answer 15

setting

Question 16

3 aspects of setting

Answer 16

time, place, environment

Question 17

the issue or problem characters in a story are confronted by

Answer 17

conflict

Question 18

types of conflict

Answer 18

man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. society

Question 19

is the overarching idea that the writer of the story wants the reader to understand. the central idea or belief in a short story.

Answer 19

theme

Question 20

the aspect of a poem governs the length and rhythm of every line.

Answer 20

meter

Question 21

two syllable word in which the first syllable is stressed more

Answer 21

trochee

Question 22

two-syllable word in which the second syllable is stressed more

Answer 22

iamb

Question 23

a two-syllable word in which both syllables are equally stressed.

Answer 23

spondee

Question 24

is a three-syllable word in which the first syllable is stressed more than the latter two.

Answer 24

dactyl

Question 25

a three-syllable word in which the final syllable is emphasized more than the first two.

Answer 25

anapest

Question 26

different types of rhyme schemes

Answer 26

alternate rhyme, ballade, coupled rhyme, monorhyme, enclosed rhyme

Question 27

is a poem in which alternating lines rhyme. this would create a rhyme pattern ABAB

Answer 27

alternate rhyme

Question 28

would follow the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC and have three-eight-line stanzas, with the final stanza being four lines.

Answer 28

ballade

Question 29

is a poem that is made up of a series of two-lined stanzas known as a rhyming couplet. these poems follow the rhyme scheme AA BB CC.

Answer 29

coupled rhyme

Question 30

all the lines in a stanza, end with the same rhyme

Answer 30

monorhyme

Question 31

the first and fourth lines rhyme, as do the second and third-lines. this creates an ABBA pattern.

Answer 31

enclosed rhyme

Question 32

is an element of poetry that structures the lines into blocks or sections.

Answer 32

stanza

Question 33

is a one-lined stanza

Answer 33

monostitch

Question 34

a stanza with two rhyming lines

Answer 34

couplet

Question 35

a stanza with eight lines that is written in iambic pentameter

Answer 35

octave

Question 36

a stanza in which every line is a different length

Answer 36

heterometric stanza

Question 37

is an element of poetry that governs the overall piece.

Answer 37

form

Question 38

known for its length and narrative. it follows a story throughout the poem and often details a variety of characters.

Answer 38

epic

Question 39

a poetic form that follows a structure of a set of fourteen-lines.

Answer 39

sonnet

Question 40

is a poem that pays tribute to something.

Answer 40

ode

Question 41

this form has its roots in japan and is structured as a three-line poem. 5-7-6 structures.

Answer 41

haiku