Mrs. Matuska's ENGL II: Short Story Unit Review

Question 1

True or False: The theme of a story is a debatable opinion.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The time, place, and/or culture in which the events of a literary work take place

Accepted Answer

setting

Question 3

A narrative perspective in which the narrator knows everything about only one or two characters

Accepted Answer

third person limited narrator

Question 4

A character whose function in the story is to actively oppose the protagonist

Accepted Answer

antagonist

Question 5

The people, animals, or imaginary creatures who participate in a story are the:

Accepted Answer

characters

Question 6

A character who changes over the course of a story

Accepted Answer

dynamic character

Question 7

True or false: The theme of a story is directly stated by the author.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

A character whose actions and personality are central to the plot and meaning of the story

Accepted Answer

protagonist

Question 9

An educated guess made based on information right in front of us combined with experiences

Accepted Answer

inference

Question 10

A character in a story who is very well developed

Accepted Answer

round character

Question 11

The intention or desire of a character is also known as a character's:

Accepted Answer

motive

Question 12

A character about whom the reader knows very little

Accepted Answer

flat character

Question 13

A logical guess based on clues in a text.

Accepted Answer

inference

Question 14

The methods an author uses to present the personality of a character in a work of literature

Accepted Answer

characterization

Question 15

A narrative perspective where the story's narrator is participating in the action of the story

Accepted Answer

first person narrator

Question 16

A narrative perspective in which the narrator knows everything about everyone

Accepted Answer

third person omniscient narrator

Question 17

A character who does not change throughout the course of a story

Accepted Answer

static character

Question 18

A narrative perspective in which the story is told as if you are participating in the action

Accepted Answer

second person narrator

Question 19

A character whose actions and personality are less central to the plot than other characters

Accepted Answer

minor character

Question 20

The message or meaning of a literary work

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 21

A character who is somewhat well developed,but not developed with a lot of detail

Accepted Answer

two-dimensional character

Question 22

the narrative perspective from which a story is told

Accepted Answer

point of view

Question 23

True or False: Each story has only one theme. Other considerations of theme are not valid.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

True or false: The theme of the story is that story's central idea.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

A character who is not very well developed; about whom very little is known

Accepted Answer

one-dimensional character

Mrs. Matuska's ENGL II: Short Story Unit Review

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Mrs. Matuska's ENGL II: Short Story Unit Review

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