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Elements of a Short Story Review
Elements of a Short Story Review
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10th grade ELA review of plot, setting, conflict, and character.
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What is the most intense or exciting part of a story?
Rising Action
Climax
Resolution
Exposition
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What is the feeling the reader gets as she reads a story?
Emotional effect
Atmosphere
3
What type of conflict is represented when a character has to make a decision?
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Technology
4
Appearance, __________, thoughts, actions, ______________ are ways to indirectly characterize.
direct statement, pictures
dialogue, others' responses
dialogue, words
others' responses, others' actions
5
Why do authors give their main characters many personality traits?
All of the above.
It makes them more like real people.
It makes them more interesting.
It makes them believable.
6
What adds to the rising action of a story, and makes the climax more dramatic?
Stock character
Atmosphere
Setting
Complications
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Which of the following is not revealed in the exposition of a story?
Conflict
Solution to the problem
Main Character
Setting
8
An example of direct characterization is when we learn about a character through appearance.
True
False
9
In a story involving an argument between two people, what term best describes that conflict?
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Fate
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In a story where someone is stuck in a blizzard, what becomes a character that usually isn't?
Flat character
Climax
Setting
Conflict
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What is the term for a predictable character that is likely a stereotype?
Stock
Dynamic
Flat
Shelf
12
Setting in a story is place and __________.
Character
Time
Conflict
Mood
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"The appearance of being true or real" is ______________.
Venidium
Vertigo
Vestigial
Verisimilitude
14
A round character is the same as a stock character.
False
True
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What makes up the basic situation of a story?
A plot and a problem
A character and a problem
A setting and a problem
A character and a setting
