Fiction Short Story

Question 1

make believe and it is a work of imagination

Answer 1

fiction

Question 2

deals with locale and period of the story

Answer 2

setting

Question 3

importance of setting

Answer 3

• catches the reader’s attention
• helps with dramatic development
• examines the past, present and future of a society
• setting compliments the plot and supports character development

Question 4

heart of the story

Answer 4

character

Question 5

most important character/main character

Answer 5

protagonist

Question 6

creates problem with the main character (protagonist)

Answer 6

antagonist

Question 7

developing character

Answer 7

dynamic

Question 8

remains the same character

Answer 8

static

Question 9

round characters

Answer 9

dynamic

Question 10

flat characters

Answer 10

static

Question 11

characterization of three dimensions of a character

Answer 11

physical, psychological & social

Question 12

physical features or appearance of characters

Answer 12

physical

Question 13

what/how character thinks

Answer 13

psychological

Question 14

how the main character interact with other character

Answer 14

social

Question 15

struggle between two entities and the problem of the story

Answer 15

conflict

Question 16

internal conflict

Answer 16

man vs himself

Question 17

external conflict

Answer 17

man vs man, man vs nature & man vs society

Question 18

logical arrangements of events in the story

Answer 18

plot

Question 19

arrangements of events:

Answer 19

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement

Question 20

most exciting part

Answer 20

climax

Question 21

introducing the characters and beginning of the story

Answer 21

exposition

Question 22

conflicts started to build

Answer 22

rising action

Question 23

start to work themselves out. the excitement become less and less. conflict is resolved

Answer 23

falling action

Question 24

general truth or central idea. underlying message

Answer 24

theme

Question 25

angle from which the story is told or narrated

Answer 25

point of view

Question 26

the character in the story will narrate

Answer 26

first person POV

Question 27

narrator tells the story using pronouns ‘he’ or ‘she’

narrator is unable to see what character thinks or feels

Answer 27

limited third person pov

Question 28

narrator knows everything — thoughts, emotions of the characters

Answer 28

omniscient third person pov

Question 29

rarely used because “it manipulates the reader and orders him/her around, w pretense that soon gets tiresome”

Answer 29

second person pov

Question 30

author of “Sinigang”

Answer 30

Marie Aubrey J. Villaceran

Question 31

short entertaining or interesting story about a real incident or person

Answer 31

anecdote

Question 32

purposes of anecdotes

Answer 32

• to bring cheer
• to reminisce
• to caution
• to persuade or inspire

Question 33

the solution to the problem in a story

Answer 33

resolution/denouement