Short Story Elements

Question 1

Conflict

Answer 1

Struggle between opposing forces (man vs man, man vs himself, man vs environment)

Question 2

Character

Answer 2

What a person is like

Question 3

Mood

Answer 3

Th atmosphere or feelings brought by the story

Question 4

Alive moving changing character

Answer 4

Dynamic character

Question 5

Narrative

Answer 5

The telling of the story

Question 6

Going back to a time before the story began

Answer 6

Flashback

Question 7

Character used to emphasize the traits of another character

Answer 7

Foil

Question 8

Genre

Answer 8

Type or kind of literature

Question 9

Climax

Answer 9

Point of highest excitement or suspense in the story

Question 10

Part of the story where the plot gets sorted out

Answer 10

Denouement

Question 11

Perspective from which the narrator views the story

Answer 11

Narrative

Question 12

The framework of a novel

Answer 12

Plot

Question 13

Told in third person narrator can see into minds of every character and knows what everyone thinks

Answer 13

Omniscient

Question 14

Foreshadowing

Answer 14

A hint of things to come

Question 15

Told in third person the narrator can so into one persons mind

Answer 15

Limited omniscient

Question 17

Antagonist

Answer 17

Person in opposition to main character

Question 17

The narrator tells the story about himself

Answer 17

First person

Question 18

Protagonist

Answer 18

Main character

Question 20

Dramatic irony

Answer 20

Contradiction between what appears to be and what actually is

Question 21

The narrator is the eye of the camera only reporting actions

Answer 21

Objective

Question 22

Verbal irony

Answer 22

What is said and what is meant

Question 23

Setting

Answer 23

Time and place of the story

Question 25

Static character

Answer 25

Character does not change or grow during the story

Question 26

Stereotype

Answer 26

Typical of a certain group

Question 26

Message or main idea of a piece of literature

Answer 26

Theme

Question 28

Allusion

Answer 28

A reference to a familiar figure place or event

Question 29

Stock character

Answer 29

Represents a certain type simulator to a stereotype

Question 30

Situational irony

Answer 30

Between what is expected and what happens

Question 31

Satire

Answer 31

Use of irony to ridicule an idea person or thing usually makes fun of human weaknesses

Question 32

How one author differs from another can be shown by length structure images word choice etc.

Answer 32

Style

Question 32

When the audience is made to wonder what happens next

Answer 32

Suspense

Question 32

Foreshadowing

Answer 32

A hint of what will happen next