Short Story Elements

T or F: a short story usually focuses on one main conflict

When a character is trying to survive a deadly tornado, this is an example of:

The setting introduces the time, place and ________ of a story

T or F: the point of view is the perspective from which a story is told

..that you're gonna be needing when you're reading or writing a short story that's:

T or F: the theme is usually directly stated by the narrator

We can remember the 5 methods of indirect characterization using the acronym:

T or F: there are 2 kinds of irony

"I wish I had a unicorn" is an example of:

A protagonist is:

Conflict can be defined as the struggle between:

Direct characterization is when:

Fill in the blank: introduction, inciting incident, ________, climax, denouement

I am a sequence of connected events. What am I?

How many kinds of conflict are there?

What is the rule when determining the theme of a story?

When a character has to decide between helping himself and helping others, this is:

The mood is defined as:

A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters is called:

The two kinds of conflict are

The antagonist is:

What kind of irony is this?

"The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character" is called:

"You go to the store to buy a unicorn" is an example of:

T or F: a short story has many main characters

T or F: the theme is what the story is telling us about outer space