Short Stories

Question 1

is the sequence of events in a fictional text

Answer 1

Plot

Question 2

the introduction of the theme/problem, characters, place and time

Answer 2

exposition

Question 3

the development of the conflict, increasing tension

Answer 3

rising action

Question 4

the conflict reaches its greatest tension

Answer 4

climax

Question 5

a change in the conflict indicating a good or bad ending

Answer 5

turning-point

Question 6

the reduction of tension

Answer 6

falling action

Question 7

the conflict resolved

Answer 7

solution/denouement

Question 8

it is the author’s attitude towards his subject and his reader, and may be serious, ironical, satirical, etc.

Answer 8

tone

Question 9

a sterotyp, does not develop

Answer 9

flat character

Question 10

complex, develops in the course of action

Answer 10

round character

Question 11

main character

Answer 11

protagonist

Question 12

the person who opposes the hero

Answer 12

antagonist

Question 13

is a character in the story

Answer 13

first-person narrator

Question 14

his/her point of view can be unlimited (=omniscient) or limited, when told from the perspective of one or several characters or can have a observed roll (observer-narrator)

Answer 14

third-person narrator

Question 15

the presentation of character’s throughts, emotions and recollections in the first person with no intervention

Answer 15

interior monologue

Question 16

presents the character’s flow of thoughts

Answer 16

stream of consciousness

Question 17

the time, place, social circumstances, ect.in which the evets of the narratin take place

Answer 17

setting

Question 18

the mood and the feelings aroused in the reader by setting, the character, the use of language, ect. (can be joyful, depressing, melancholic,…)

Answer 18

atmosphere

Question 19

kind of monologue without such phrases as “He thought…”

Answer 19

substitutionary narration

Question 20

the presentation of the chracter’s consciouseness, his thoughts and feelings

Answer 20

internal action

Question 21

the main idea or message of a story

Answer 21

theme

Question 22

opposition between different forces; produces suspense

Answer 22

conflict

Question 23

position which a story is told from

Answer 23

point of view

Question 24

concrete object standing for an abstract idea

Answer 24

symbol

Question 25

subsidiary action

Answer 25

subplot