Short Stories: Unit Test

Question 1

Irony

Answer 1

A situation where the exact opposite occurs rather than what is expected.

ie: verbal-say vs. meant
ie: situational- intended or expected vs. what actually happens

Question 2

Theme

Answer 2

Central meaning of work – seldom directly stated. (The lesson of the story)

Question 3

Atmosphere/mode

Answer 3

The dominant or feeling of a situation

Question 4

Pathos

Answer 4

A quality in music or literature which creates a feeling of sadness, pity or sorrow in the reader

Question 5

Imagery

Answer 5

The creation or use of images in speech or writing – language used to form pictures in the mind

Question 6

Allusion

Answer 6

A passing reference to the historical or fictional characters, places or events or other works of the writer assumes the reader will recognize

ie: allusions to the bible

Question 7

Combination

Answer 7

Images associated with words – images carried by the words

Question 8

Denotation

Answer 8

What a word means in a strict sense – the actual meaning of the word

Question 9

Paradox

Answer 9

Statement which appears to contradict itself

Question 10

Oxymoron

Answer 10

Two words that are contradictory which are used together

ie: pretty ugly

Question 11

Metaphor

Answer 11

And amplified comparison in which one thing is compared to or identified with another dissimilar thing

ie: he was a lion in the fight

Question 12

Simile

Answer 12

A direct comparison using like or as or as if

ie: coffee like black tar

Question 13

Foreshadowing

Answer 13

A hint or suggestion of something to happen in the future

Question 14

Allegory

Answer 14

Symbolic meaning to a story – a long and complicated story with an underlying meaning

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

When human characteristics and sensibilities are attributed toward inanimate subjects

ie: The trees bowed their heads

Question 16

Conflict

Answer 16

Conflict is internal or external struggle that the character is facing

Question 17

Three types of conflicts

Answer 17

Person vs. person/others, person vs. self, person vs. environment,

Question 18

Describe the plot structure chart

Answer 18

Double click the home button and go to the picture

Question 19

Elements of drama

Answer 19

Characterization, indirect characterization, direct characterization, round character, flat character, main character, minor characters, mood, and pathetic fallacy

Question 20

Elements of characterization

Answer 20

Name, appearance, what he/she says, what he/she does, what others say about them

Question 21

Look at elements of Drama note

Answer 21

Review it!!

Question 22

Point of view

Answer 22

The relationship of the narrator and the story. Sometimes this is called the method .

Question 23

Five methods of narration

Answer 23

First person major, first person minor, third person omniscient, third person ordinary, third person central character

Question 24

First person major

Answer 24

Main character tells his/her own story

Question 25

First person minor

Answer 25

A minor character who happens to be there tells the story. (Ex. Great Gatsby – narrated by Nick Carraway

Question 26

Third person omniscient

Answer 26

Narrator knows all the thoughts of the characters in the story

Question 27

Third person ordinary

Answer 27

Where is the narrator tells the reader only what he perceives (to become aware through sense)

Question 28

Third person central character

Answer 28

This is where the narrator tells only what the central character thinks, feels and does.

Question 29

Review short story chart

Answer 29

Know all of the stories for the test

Question 30

Symbol

Answer 30

Something that is used to suggest or represent something else ie: Maple Leaf-Canada