English Test Short Storys

Question 1

3 parts of setting

Answer 1

1. Time
2. place
3. Atmosphere

Question 2

Why a shrt story is diff from a novel

Answer 2

1. less important characters
2. plot is limited novel has a lot of subplots
3. short story can read in a short amount of time

Question 3

First person narration

Answer 3

When the person telling the story is the main character

Hint:narrator says I

Disadvantage: only get to know one characters prepective

Question 4

Third person narration

Answer 4

The person telling the story is only a narrator not an actual character in the story

Hint: narrator uses she he they

Diva advantage: don’t get to know what characters think or feel

Question 5

Setting:
Time 
Place
Atmosphere 
With examples

Answer 5

Time: when the story takes place
Ex. The time of day,year,season,past,present

Place: where the story takes place
Ex. City,town,space,jungle,desert

Atmosphere: the feeling of the place has (not ppls feelings
Ex. Spooky,festive,tens

Question 6

3 types of characters

Answer 6

Protagonist: the character who tires to overcome an obstacle

Antagonist: the character or force the opposite the protagonist

Secondary characters: other characters that the protagonist interacts with the story but we don’t know much about there characters

Question 7

Characters treats are defined as:

Answer 7

Parts of the personality that make each person unique they determine a persons actions,visual beliefs these do not include feelings or physical appearance

Ex. Stuborn, optismic, selfish,cheerful, selfless

Question 8

Readers learn about the protagonist characters traits though:

Answer 8

1. what the character does
2. what the character says
3. what the character says about the protagonist
4. How the characters are around the protagonist
5. what the narrator tells us directly

Question 9

The ramps steps and definitions

Answer 9

Inciting moment: the point where something changes

Introduction: inturduces the setting

Compaction/conflict: the point where the protagonist ecounters conflict

Rising action: the event that occurs as protagonist tries to fix the problem

Turning point:final point of emotion for the reader

Climax: highest point of emotion for the reader

Resolution: what life is like later for the protagonist

Question 10

Conflicts

Answer 10

Person vs person 
Person vs self
Person vs supernatural 
Person vs nature
Person vs socity 
Person vs fate

Question 11

Theme is

Answer 11

The message of the lesson about life that the author wants the reader to learn by reading the story the theme could be about the truth about life

Question 12

We discover the lesson in the story these 3 ways (theme)

Answer 12

1. find a complacation and determine what the conflict is
2. Evaulate the Turing point and rising action to see how the characters deal with it
3. Evaluate the resitotion and see if the character makes a good decision