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Short Story Quiz Flashcards

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What is 1st person?

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First person is a story written by the main character (uses I)

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What is 3rd person?

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Third person is written by a narrator (uses they or there name)

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What are the 6 elements of a short story?

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Plot, character, point of view, setting, theme, conflict

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What is the plot?

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The plot is the sequence of events in a story or play. It is the authors arrangement of events to develop the basic idea

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What is the order of the plot plan

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Introduction, inciting incident, rising action, crisis point, climax (top of the plot), falling action, resolution

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What is the setting?

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The setting is the time and location in which is story takes place. In some stories the setting is very important and others aren’t.

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What are the 5 types of setting?

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Place, time, weather conditions, social conditions, and mood or atmosphere

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What is the character?

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The character is the information author gives the reader about the characters themselves. 

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4 ways to revel a character

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Physical appearance, what they say think or dream, does or doesn’t, how they react

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⭐️What is the theme?

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The theme is the Controlling idea or central inside. It is the authors meaning a main idea he’s trying to convey.

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What is the point of view?

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The point of view is the angle from which the story is told (1st and 3rd person)

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What is the conflict?

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The conflict is what move the plot forward

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What are the 5 types of conflict?

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Man vs man
Man vs society
Man vs nature
Man vs himself
Man vs supernatural

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Who is the antagonist in Charles?

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Charles

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Who is the antagonist in Priscilla and the wimps

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Mighty monk

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What is the foreshadowing in Charles?

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It has foreshadow when his dad asked him the name of the student with bad behavior. Laurie had to think about it (which means he’s probably making it up)

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Who is the protagonist in Charles?

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Laurie

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Who is the protagonist and Priscilla and the wimps

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Priscilla

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What is the surprise ending in Charles

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The story of surprise ending because nobody was expecting Laurie to actually be Charles. The whole story Laurie was explaining Charles’s behaviour and it was actually his.

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What is the theme in Priscilla and the wimps

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The theme is bullying

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What is the tone and Priscilla and the wimps

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The tone is to accomplish a dark story in a serious topic but keeping it light and comical

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Why does the author use alliteration for the names in Priscilla and the wimps

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The use of the names is to be memorable and keep it light and not so dark. They’re supposed to also be entertaining and fun

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What is alliteration in Charles

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  • told Charles to touch his toes
  • with bibs and began wearing blue jeans with a belt 
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What is alliteration in Priscilla and the wimps

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  • Klutter’s Kobras
  • Mighty Monk
  • five foot five
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What is the allusion in Priscilla and the wimps

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The biblical allusion in the story is referring to the garden of Eden. They refer to the serpent in the garden and say that it only is monk’s paradise

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What is a simile and Priscilla and the wimps

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  • His neck popping like gunfire
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What is a simile in Charles

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  • This Charles boy sounds like a bad influence
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Personification in Charles

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  • Lunch is waiting
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What is a metaphor in Priscilla and the wimps

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  • When the Kobras slithered by
30
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Metaphor in Charles

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He is awfully fresh

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What is the climax in Priscilla and the wimps

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When Priscilla and Monk started speaking in monk tries to grab Melvin

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What is the resolution in Priscilla and the wimps

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Fate

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Falling action in Priscilla and the wimps

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When Priscilla Pushed and headlocked monk and put him into the locker. Then they left

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What is the crisis point in Priscilla and the wimps

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The moment the gang member goes after Melvin and Priscilla decides to step in

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Why did Laurie create Charles

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Laurie created Charles because he wanted attention because he wasn’t getting as much as his baby sister, he also likes the attention from the students at school and when he told his parents about the problem they didn’t seem to address it so he kept doing it thinking it was great.

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