Short Story Terms Review

Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level.

Diction has to do with the author's word choice when he or she writes a story.

changes as result of the story’s events

Which of the following is NOT an example of indirect characterization?

Giving human qualities to a non- human object is called

Of the following, which is NOT an example of an idiom?

occurs when there is a contrast between what is expected and what happens in a short story

Repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that state a similar idea. 

Which of the following phrases is an example of a simile

one who does not change much in the course of a story

There are five types of indirect characterization

Telling us directly what the character’s personality is like is called

occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know.

Of the following, which is NOT one of the most common types of figurative language?

Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or a n event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sport

crackle” “pop” “fizz” “click” “zoom” are examples of what literary device

Establishes the way things are for the characters at the beginning of a story as well as setting and tone

The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story 

The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot

Scene in a short story that interrupts the present action of the plot to tell something from the past

Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together in a piece of writing.

The fears or conflicts or needs that drive a character are called

like a real person, has many different character traits, which sometimes contradict one another

The common term for the denouement of a story

Syntax has to do with an author's word choice when he or she writes a story

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration

When an author compares two unlike objects WITHOUT using "like" or "as"