Theme can best be defined as:

The moral, meaning, or message of the story

Suspense is defined as:

feeling of excited/anxious uncertainty about what may happen

Problems that make the conflict worse

Which is not an example of a theme?

A man tries to retrieve a paper he lost

What is situational irony?

When something happens that is opposite of what we expected

In a flashback, a writer......

interrupts a story to show a past event

What is the definition of setting?

When and where the story takes place

What is Verbal Irony?

Sarcasm, or saying the opposite of what you mean

Third person omniscient has a narrator that is:

Outside the story and all knowing

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1
What point does the star mark on the plot diagram?
Climax
Denouement
Rising Action
Exposition
2
Theme can best be defined as:
Who is telling the story
The moral, meaning, or message of the story
Using Sarcasm or verbal irony
Where the story takes place
3
What point does the star represent in a plot diagram?
Rising Action
Climax
Ending
Falling Action
4
The change in a character makes him this kind of character
Climax
Tone
Round (dynamic)
Flat (static)
5
Suspense is defined as:
A feeling that the main character experiences
feeling of excited/anxious uncertainty about what may happen
The reader's desire for a happy ending
6
The struggle that gets the plot under way is called what?
Narration
Climax
Complication
Conflict
7
Complications are:
Problems that make the conflict worse
Man vs. Self
Man Vs. Machine
Man vs. Man
8
Which is not an example of a theme?
Be thankful for what you have
A man tries to retrieve a paper he lost
Evil can be overcome
You can not escape death
9
What is situational irony?
Sarcasm
The climax of the story
When something happens that is opposite of what we expected
When the reader knows what the characters do not
10
In a flashback, a writer......
elaborates on a characters lie in the future
interrupts a story to show a past event
Talks about the events in the plot
11
What kind of mood would the author create by describing a dark and stormy night?
Cheerful
Happy
Eerie
12
What is the definition of setting?
The person who tells the story
Noon on Tuesday
When and where the story takes place
A desert with tumble weeds dancing across
13
What is Verbal Irony?
When the reader knows something the characters do not
Something happens that is the opposite of what should happen
The full actions of a character are clear to the reader
Sarcasm, or saying the opposite of what you mean
14
What is the Exposition of the story?
The events leading from the beginning to the climax
The ending
The beginning of the story
The highlight of the story
15
What point does the star mark on a plot diagram?
Exposition
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
16
Don't let work rule your life
Theme
Mood
Tragic Flaw
Setting
17
Third person omniscient has a narrator that is:
Outside the story and all knowing
A character in the story
Outside the story and tells us about one character in detail
You can't have an omniscient narrator in a short story

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