short story test

Question 1

antagonist

Answer 1

character or force in a literary work that is in conflict with the main character

Question 2

character

Answer 2

an individual that takes part in the action of the story

Question 3

major characters:

Answer 3

characters who play bigger roles in a story

Question 4

minor characters

Answer 4

characters who play lesser roles in a story

Question 5

characterization

Answer 5

the act of creating/describing a character

Question 6

3 techniques to characterize a character

Answer 6

showing what they say/do/think, showing what others say about them, describing physical features, like dress or personality

Question 7

indirect characterization

Answer 7

the writer shows what a character is like/allows reader to judge

Question 8

direct characterization

Answer 8

the writer tells what the character does

Question 9

chronological order

Answer 9

the writer unfolds events in which they occur

Question 10

climax

Answer 10

the highest point of interest

Question 11

conflict

Answer 11

struggle between two forces in a literary work

Question 12

exposition

Answer 12

provides background info about characters/setting/conflict

Question 13

falling action

Answer 13

all events that follow the climax

Question 14

flashback

Answer 14

interrupts chronological sequence and presents an event that happened earlier

Question 15

foreshadowing

Answer 15

presenting hints to events that happen later in the story

Question 16

fiction

Answer 16

any work of prose that tells an invented/imaginary story

Question 17

genre

Answer 17

type of literary composition

Question 18

irony

Answer 18

difference between appearance and reality

Question 19

situational irony

Answer 19

an event that occurs that violates the expectations of the characters/reader

Question 20

dramatic irony

Answer 20

an event that occurs that the character does not know

Question 21

verbal irony

Answer 21

a writer says something but means another

Question 22

moral

Answer 22

a lesson that relates to the principles of right/wrong and is intended to be drawn from a story or other work of literature

Question 23

plot

Answer 23

series of events related to a central conflict/struggle

Question 24

point of view

Answer 24

perspective in which a story is told

Question 25

3rd person limited

Answer 25

thoughts or narrator/single character are revealed

Question 26

3rd person omniscient

Answer 26

thoughts of all characters are revealed

Question 27

rising action

Answer 27

all events leading up to the climax and conflict is developed/intensified

Question 28

resolution

Answer 28

when the conflict ends

Question 29

setting

Answer 29

time/place where a story occurs, with all details to create a specific time period

Question 30

short story

Answer 30

a brief work of fiction

Question 31

theme

Answer 31

central message or perception about life that is revealed through literary work

Question 32

topic

Answer 32

message in the work that is two to three words long

Question 33

main idea

Answer 33

author’s message about the topic

Question 34

topic scentence

Answer 34

helps us know what to expect in the paragraph; states the general idea

Question 35

supporting details

Answer 35

they elaborate/develop topic sentence

Question 36

textual information

Answer 36

specific details from a short story

Question 37

clincher sentence

Answer 37

restates or summarizes main ideas and puts all details together