Unit 2 Pre-Test - Short Story Elements Flashcards

1

This literary term means the reversal of expectations.

plot twist
irony
flashback
surprise

2

Which of the following plot elements suggests clues of events to come?

motif
in medias res
foreshadowing
flashback

3

An allusion is...

an optical trick
a symbol
a reference to something
a common saying

4

What part of the plot goes in the starburst shape in the middle of the diagram?

anticlimax
conflict
climax
complications

5

Which of the following is not an example of figurative language?

hyperbole
metaphor
personification
denotation

6

Imagery...

enables the reader to see the action in the mind's eye
appeals to the five senses
has nothing to do with images
allows the reader visualize the story

7

For which plot term is "complications" a synonym?

rising action
exposition
climax
falling action

8

So, then what's another word for denouement?

falling action
resolution
climax
rising action

9

Which part of a story's plot introduces the characters and background information?

introduction
exposition
explanation
beginning

10

Which fall decoration resembles a plot diagram?

witch's hat
witch's broom
jack o 'lantern
tombstone

11

How is theme best defined?

the moral of the story
the story's main idea
the story's message about life
the story's topic

12

Which of the following terms refers to a story's main character?

protagonist
tritagonist
deuteragonist
antagonist

13

What does "denouement" mean in French? (Don't be fooled!)

untying
the death scene
the movement
unending

14

What is the plot point of greatest intensity?

resolution
falling action
conflict
climax

15

Point of view is...

how you see the world
the storyteller's identity
using "I" and "you"
the narrator's perspective

Unit 2 Pre-Test - Short Story Elements

Questions 15

Unit 2 Pre-Test - Short Story Elements

Questions 15