Short Story Notes Test

Question 1

PLOT

Answer 1

Pattern of events (story line)

Question 2

CONFLICT

Answer 2

Struggle between opposing forces

Question 3

4TYPES OF CONFLICT

Answer 3

1) Man vs man
2) Man vs self
3) Man vs society
4) man vs nature

Question 4

CHARATERIZATION

Answer 4

The presentation of a person in writting.

Question 5

6 WAYS O REVEAL CHARACTERIZATION

Answer 5

1) describe his actions
2) describe his past
3) describe his thoughts
4) describe his physical features
5) have other cahracters talk about him
6) describe the setting in which he lives

Question 6

SETTING

Answer 6

The physical and emotional background of the story

Question 7

THEME

Answer 7

The point the writter makes about life or people

Question 8

ALLUSION

Answer 8

A referance to something well known from the past

Question 9

IRONY

Answer 9

Something that seems on way, but in realtiy it is different.

Question 10

3 TYPES OF IRONY

Answer 10

1) Dramatic irony- a truth the reader knows but the character does not.
2) verbal irony- statement that says the opposite that is meant
3) situational irony- situation that oocurs that neither the reader or character expects.

Question 11

POV

Answer 11

The vantage point from which the story is told

Question 12

5 POV

Answer 12

1) First person narrator; i, we
2) second person narrator; you, your
3) Third person omniscient narrator;enters any mind
4) Third person limited narrator; one persons mind
5) third person objective narrator; cant enter anyones mind

Question 13

INITIATION STORY

Answer 13

1) a young person starts innocent
2) the young person encounters something harsh
3) the young person experiences an epiphany;realizationabout the world