Section 1: Short Stories

Question 1

What are some traits of Commercial Fiction?

Answer 1

-Is written to entertain
-plays to our prejudices
-aligns with our worldviews
-is escape literature; it takes us away from the monotony of our everyday lives.
-is predictable
-is satisfying–the “good guys” always win and the “bad guys” always lose.

Question 2

What are some traits of Literary Fiction?

Answer 2

-Is not necessarily entertaining
-might require thinking on the reader’s part
-makes the reader think about how the world works– the relationships and the interaction of people
-often challenges our worldviews

Question 3

What is a protagonist?

Question 4

What is an antagonist?

Question 5

What is literary conflict?

Question 6

what is internal conflict?

Question 7

what is external conflict?

Question 8

what are the three main types of external conflict?

Answer 9

plot

Answer 10

Suspense

Question 11

define Mystery in literature

Question 12

What is a dilemma?

Answer 13

setting

Answer 14

surprise ending

Answer 15

happy/unhappy ending

Answer 16

intermediate ending

Question 17

What is falling action in story telling?

Question 18

What and is a climax of a story?