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Elements of a Short Story
Elements of a Short Story
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What is a short story?
A story that can be read in one sitting.
A work of prose non-fiction.
A story that has more than 10000 words.
None of the above
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What does the introduction of a story NOT include?
Conflict
Characters
Setting
Suspense
3
Characters in a short story are...
Revealed, not developed
Few in number
All of the above
Believable as real people
4
The climax of a short story must include....
The protagonist and antagonist
A crisis
A resolution to the problem
A lesson to be learned
5
The falling action is also sometimes referred to as...
The end
The conclusion
Denouement
The theme
6
Which of the following is NOT a major type of conflict in short stories?
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Supernatural
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Cars
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What is the point of view of the story if the narrator uses personal pronouns like "I" or "me"?
First Person
Third Person Limited
Objective
Third Person Omniscient
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The most important character of the story is called the...
Main Character
Protagonist
Antagonist
Hero
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How many major components of the
plot
are there?
3
4
6
5
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Where is the theme of the story typically found?
At the climax
In the introduction
At the end of the story
I don't know
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What does it mean if the point of view of a story is third person limited narration?
The narrator knows the thoughts of all characters
The narrator does not know the thoughts of any characters
The narrator is a character in the story
The narrator knows the thoughts of one or two characters
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The author's moral, or main idea, of a story is called the...
Theme
Symbol
Lesson
Summary
