short story unit quiz

Question 0

protagonist

Answer 0

main character

Question 1

Dynamic

Answer 1

a character who significantly changes over the course of the story

Question 2

indirect

Answer 2

when the author shows things that reveal info about a characters personality through description of the characters speech, thoughts, actions, appearance

Question 3

foreshadowing

Answer 3

warn the reader of future events

Question 4

static character

Answer 4

a character who does not change throughout the story

Question 5

flashback

Answer 5

a device that allows the writer to present events that happened in the past before the present time of the story

Question 6

flat character

Answer 6

characters who are not fully developed

Question 7

exposistion

Answer 7

beginning of story

Question 8

round character

Answer 8

fully developed character

Question 9

antagonist

Answer 9

the enemy sometimes protagonist as well

Question 10

Conflicts

Answer 10

character vs. society
character vs. self
character vs. character
character vs. nature

Question 11

setting

Answer 11

where a story takes place

Question 12

ambiguity

Answer 12

condition of uncertainy; when the end of a story is unclear

Question 13

types of narration

Answer 13

first person, third person limited, and omniscient

Question 14

tone

Answer 14

narrators attitude in a piece of literature

Question 15

mood

Answer 15

the atmosphere in a story

Question 16

irony

Answer 16

situational irony- turns out to be the opposite of what you thought it would be
dramatic irony- when the audience knows something that the characters dont
verbal irony- when you say one thing but really mean the other

Question 17

theme

Answer 17

the idea on which the story is built
examples: the great journey, loss of innocence, the noble sacrifice, the fall from grace, the great battle, revenge, etc.

Question 18

imprudent

Answer 18

unwise

Question 19

surmounted

Answer 19

overcame

Question 20

invariably

Answer 20

always; without changing

Question 21

diverting

Answer 21

entertaining

Question 22

arid

Answer 22

dry; lacking water

Question 23

futile

Answer 23

useless

Question 24

poignantly

Answer 24

with sharp sadness or pain; movingly

Question 25

placidly

Answer 25

calm