Short Stories Pre-Assessment

Conflict of one person against another

A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action

The character's main problems exist within him or her self

What gives you clues about what might happen later in the story?

The author's Attitude toward the audience, a subject, or a character

A character or force in conflict with the main character

A dramatic struggle between a character and something that is caused by nature

the narrator is a character in the story and used words like I, me, we

A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

A thing that represents or stands for something else

Sarcasm

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

The perspective from which a story is told

The main problem in the story: struggle b/n people/forces

A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

A character has a conflict or problem with some element of society

A conflict between the protagonist and an aspect of technology

The start of a story. The reader learns about setting/characters/conflict

How the reader feels about the text while reading.

Character's name, Physical description,Actions, Speech, thoughts/feelings/Reaction

A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character

What is a reference to a person, event, or part of another text?

The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work

A character or characters fight against elements outside the natural realm

Someone on the outside is looking in and telling the story as he/she see it unfold.

The narrator tells the story to another character using "you"

A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end

The time and place in which a story unfolds.

A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.

An unknown character tells the story but is limited to what he/she sees and hears

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

Main character in a story. The one we want to win

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STORY

A series of events that builds from the conflict/problem in the story