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Short Story Literary Elements
Short Story Literary Elements
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A quiz to check for understanding of short story vocabulary terms.
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1
What type of character changes in the story?
dynamic
static
flat
round
2
What is the term for the tying up of loose ends; happily ever after.
climax
falling action
theme
resolution
3
What is the term for the outcome of the main conflict?
exposition
climax
resolution
falling action
4
Which character is the main character?
foil
sidekick
protagonist
antagonist
5
What is the term for a complex character?
Flat
Dynamic
Round
Simple
6
What type of conflict is in a character's mind?
internal
man versus nature
external
man versus society
7
Which narrator reports events like a journalist?
Third-person objective
Third-person omniscient
Third-person limited
8
What is the term for a struggle between a character and outside force?
man versus nature
man versus society
external conflict
internal conflict
9
What is the term for the introduction of the setting and main characters?
resolution
foreshadowing
exposition
inciting incident
10
What is the term for the use of hints to suggest what will happen later in a story?
flashback
exposition
conflict
foreshadowing
11
What is the term for the time and place of a story?
theme
climax
setting
denouement
12
Which character is in conflict with the main character?
foil
confidante
antagonist
protagonist
13
What is the account of an event that happened at an earlier point in the story?
foreshadowing
climax
flashback
denouement
14
What is the term for the turning point of a story?
climax
conflict
rising action
initiating event (or inciting incident)
15
What is the central message or insight into life?
denouement
theme
exposition
resolution
16
What is the term for the attempts to solve the conflict?
rising action
falling action
initiating event (or inciting incident)
exposition
17
Which perspective is from one character only?
Third-person point of view
First-person point of view
Second-person point of view
18
Which point of view is an all-knowing narrator who sees everything?
Third-person limited
Third-person objective
Third-person omniscient
19
What type of character stays the same?
round
flat
dynamic
static
20
What type of character is a simple character with little description?
Round
Dynamic
Flat
Static
