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Short Stories Test Flashcards

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1
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Particular setting

A

Newtown, 2016

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2
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Descriptive

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Small-town high school

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3
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Is weather aspect of setting?

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Yes

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4
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3 major components of setting

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Social environment, time, place

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5
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Spatial setting

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Place

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Temporal setting

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Time

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7
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General setting

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General time and place

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8
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Particular

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Particular time and place

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9
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Use of 1st person

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sympathize with character

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10
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3rd person objective

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Narrator only relates what is seen or heard

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11
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In omniscient, all are able to be related but…

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are sometimes withheld

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12
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Tone

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Author towards character, topic, readers

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13
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Examples of tone

A

satirical, playful

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14
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Internal conflict

A

Man v. self

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15
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External conflicts

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Man v Man
Man v nature (sickness)
Man v supernatural
Man v society

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16
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Diagram is called

A

Freytag’s Plot Diagram

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17
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Freytag’s plot diagram components:

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Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement

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18
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For comedies and tragedies

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comedies end with denouement (tying loose ends)

tragedies end w catastrophe

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19
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Rising action

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series of relevant events that create suspense, interest, tension

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20
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Climax

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Tension hits highest point

Now understand significance of rising action

21
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Faling action

A

aftermath

22
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Where is catharsis?

A

denouement

23
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Round character

A

Many complex traits
may be dynamic, not one in the same
more than meets the eye

24
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Static character

A

Pays little attention to effects of his action on enviro

25
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Flat character

A

One dimensional
Recognizable traits that look stereotypical (but are not always)
Limited points of view about life

26
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Foil

A

Character that serves as contrast to another
Differences make another character’s traits stand out

Jean-Paul for Anna

27
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Stock

A

familiar type

mad scientist

28
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Incidental characters

A

Secondary characters

29
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Third person limited omniscient

A

Like the Sun

30
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Frame tale

A

embed story within a story to provide reader with context about main narrative

The Princess Bride (frame is grandfather)

31
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In Medias Res

A

In the midst of things

Opening plot in middle of action, then fills in

32
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Deus Ex Machina

A

Something improbable takes ending by surprise

Leaves reader feeling dissatisfied

33
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Moral

A

lesson derived from content

34
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Theme

A

The message of a work

35
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How is a theme stated?

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Directly or indirectly

36
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Theme statements../

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call attention to issue

have lots of meaning

37
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Theme statements are…

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universal, debatable, written in complete sentence

38
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Alliteration

A

3 or more consonant sounds

39
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Onomatopoeia examples

A

the gushing stream

The crashing waves

40
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Pun

A

Using word suggests more meanings

41
Q

Climax of Sweat

A

delia sleeps in barn

Went into barn different than when she emerged

42
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What is a character in Borders?

A

Setting

43
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Why Roselily to Chicago

A

More diversity

Fit in

44
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Theme of Roselily

A

Money don’t buy happiness

45
Q

POV for Sweat

A

Third person omniscient

46
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Jean-Paul what type of character

A

Static

47
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Why does the headmaster seek out Sekhar to hear the musical performance?

A

He is a critic

48
Q

Sehkar is best described as _________________ in the beginning of the story and _____________________ at the end of the story.

A

enthusiastic, accomplished

49
Q

Spell it

A

Onomatopoeia

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