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Short story elements
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super short fiction of 1,000 words or less is known as:
flash fiction
noveletta
novella
short story
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Point-of-view is defined as:
the writer's way of deciding who is telling the story to whom
the narrator's viewpoint
the narration voice-over
The point of the story where you hear the protagonist's view
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2nd person POV uses which pronouns?
He, Him, His
They, Them, Theirs
You, Your, Yours
I, Me, My, Mine
4
A work of fiction between 20,000 and 49,999 words is considered a novella
True
False
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Rising Action is the single moment that leads up to the Climax
True
False
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The 5 Ws are Who, What, How, Why, and When
False
True
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Omniscient narrator is one that tells its story from the perspective of a narrator who “knows all and sees all.”
True
False
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conflicts are resolved and the story concludes.
Conflict
Protagonist
Resolution
Antagonist
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First Person POV uses You, Your, and Yours pronouns
True
False
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In literature, "conflict" is defined as:
An argument between two people
A struggle between two opposing forces
a clashing or sharp disagreement (as between ideas, interests, or purposes)
a disagreement
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Theme is defined as:
The moment the conflict of the story has been introduced.
Overall message or purpose of the story - answers the “why” question.
A struggle between two opposing forces
Everything that takes place immediately after the climax.
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Gives background information needed to understand the story by setting up theme of the story; Answers 4/5 W’s
Rising Action
Expedition
Exposition
Climax
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All of the following are genres of short stories, except:
Crime and Mystery Stories
Fairytales and Folktales
Scary Stories
Science Fiction/Sci-Fi Stories
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Whoever we are following and/or rooting for in the story. “The good guy” or “Hero”
Main Character
Antagonist
Anti-hero
Protagonist
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The antagonist is whatever or whoever is preventing the protagonist from reaching their goal
True
False
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The type of point-of-view that uses He/She, him/her, they/them pronouns is:
3rd person
4th person
1st person
2nd person
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The most commonly used viewpoint which allows the reader into the thoughts, feelings, perceptions of the protagonist
2nd Person
Omniscient
1st person
Limited/Close 3rd Person
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Climax
The highest point of emotion in the story
When the conflict has been resolved
A series of events that create the conflict
The background information needed to understand the story
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Falling action
is everything that takes place immediately after the climax.
True
False
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Dénouement is another word used for resolution
True
False
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A Noveletta once
implied a book that had a romantic or sentimental theme, how long is a noveletta?
20,000 to 50,000 words
1,000 to 5,000 words
Less than 1,000 words
7,500 to 19,999 words
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Inciting incident is defined as:
The moment the resolution has been incited.
The moment the conflict of the story has been introduced.
An incident that is brought up later in a flashback
An incident that is inticing the reader to keep reading