Short story

Question 0

Who is the antagonist

Answer 0

Forces against protagonist (persons, things, conventions of society or traits of their own character

Question 1

Who is the protagonist

Answer 1

Centre of conflict, the person who the conflict surrounds

Question 2

Who is the flat character

Answer 2

Characterized by one or two traits

Question 3

Who is the rounded character

Answer 3

Complex, many sided, presented in detail

Question 4

Who is the stereotype character and what is the other name for this

Answer 4

Stock character

A “flat” character who is certain type (jock nerd)

Question 5

Who is the dynamic character

Answer 5

Changed over course of story

Question 6

Who is the static character

Answer 6

Does not change or grow over course of the story

Question 7

What is the setting based on

Answer 7

Time place and mood of story

Question 8

What is the time (setting)

Answer 8

Period in history, season of year, day of month, hour of the day, which events of the story occur

Question 9

What is the place (setting)

Answer 9

The geographical location of the story, a country or city, large city or small village, indoors or outdoors or both

Question 10

What is the mood (setting)

Answer 10

A setting mag be used to help create a particular mood (ie writer wants to create a frightening mood, depict a setting involves darkness and isolation of an old deserted house miles away from town on a stormy night)

Question 11

What is the theme

Answer 11

Central idea of the story, not stated by the author instead reader must discover theme by questioning and examining meaning of story

Question 12

What are three ways to find the theme?

Answer 12

1) what was the authors purpose in writing the story?
2) does the title provide a clue in understanding the theme?
3) does the plot characters, setting contain evidence to support your interpretation of the theme?

Question 13

What are the two basic points of views

Answer 13

First person and third person point of view

Question 14

Describe first person point of view

Answer 14

The narrator tells the story in the first person “I” the reader sees and knows only as much as the narrator

Question 15

Describe the basic third person point of view

Answer 15

The story is told by the author using the third person (ex he, she, it)

Question 16

What are the two types of third person point of view?

Answer 16

Omniscient and limited omniscient

Question 17

Describe omniscient point of view?

Answer 17

He knows everything about all characters. The author is free to enter into the minds of any of the characters as well as comment upon and interpret their behaviour. The ahoy her doesn’t need to reveal the thoughts or feelings or all characters in order to have omniscient point of view. If the southern reveals the thought of 2 or more its omniscient

Question 18

Describe limited omniscient point of view

Answer 18

The author tells the story in the third person but he tells it from the view point or one character in the story. In effect the author stands by the side of the character and presents the story through their eyes.

Question 19

What is the plot

Answer 19

Events of the story beginning to end

Question 20

What are the two types of conflicts

Answer 20

Internal and external

Question 21

Describe internal conflict

Answer 21

Man vs man or himself

Question 22

Describe external conflict

Answer 22

Man against man or groups of people, environment, society, unknown (supernatural)

Question 23

What are the 5 parts of the plot

Answer 23

Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion

Question 24

What are the 4 purposes of an introduction

Answer 24

1) to arouse reader’s interest
2) to introduce main characters
3) to give an idea of the setting
4) to give clues about about that will take place

Question 25

What is the rising action

Answer 25

Series of steps that developed the conflict as it builds to a climax, rising action begins with initial incident

Question 26

What is the climax

Answer 26

1) turning point or moments of direct clash with conflict
2) resolves main conflict
3) (emotional high point for character not reader)

Question 27

What is the falling action

Answer 27

It’s after the climate, explanation of events which could not be explained before the climax or the suspense would be ruined

Question 28

What is the conclusion

Answer 28

The ending of the story