In a flashback, a writer......

interrupts a story to show a past event

What is the definition of setting?

When and where the story takes place

Which is not an example of a theme?

A man tries to retrieve a paper he lost

What could a theme of "The Hockey Sweater" be?

Life does not always give you what you expect.

What is dramatic irony?

When the reader knows something that the characters do not

Third person omniscient has a narrator that is:

Outside the story and all knowing

Theme can best be defined as:

The moral, meaning, or message of the story

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1
This is a picture of
Mountain
Plot Diagram
A Short Story
The events in a story
2
In a flashback, a writer......
elaborates on a characters lie in the future
interrupts a story to show a past event
Talks about the events in the plot
3
What is the definition of setting?
The person who tells the story
When and where the story takes place
Noon on Tuesday
A desert with tumble weeds dancing across
4
Which is not an example of a theme?
A man tries to retrieve a paper he lost
You can not escape death
Be thankful for what you have
Evil can be overcome
5
When we know the Police officers are eating the murder weapon.
Situational irony
Psychosis
Dramatic Irony
Verbal irony
6
What could a theme of "The Hockey Sweater" be?
Life does not always give you what you expect.
Keep your friends closer than your enemies
It's better to give than to receive
7
What point does the star mark on the plot diagram?
Rising Action
Exposition
Climax
Denouncement
8
What point does the star represent in a plot diagram?
Falling Action
Rising Action
Climax
Ending
9
What is the Exposition of the story?
The events leading from the beginning to the climax
The ending
The highlight of the story
The beginning of the story
10
What is dramatic irony?
When something happens that is opposite of what we expected
When the reader knows something that the characters do not
The climax of the story
Sarcasm
11
What point does the star mark on a plot diagram?
Falling Action
Climax
Rising Action
Exposition
12
Don't let work rule your life
Mood
Theme
Setting
Tragic Flaw
13
Third person omniscient has a narrator that is:
Outside the story and all knowing
You can't have an omniscient narrator in a short story
A character in the story
Outside the story and tells us about one character in detail
14
Theme can best be defined as:
Who is telling the story
The moral, meaning, or message of the story
Using Sarcasm or verbal irony
Where the story takes place
15
The struggle that gets the plot under way is called what?
Narration
Conflict
Complication
Climax
16
The point of view "Lamb to Slaughter" is written in
Third Person
Second Person
Omniscient
First Person
17
What kind of mood would the author create by describing a dark and stormy night?
Eerie
Cheerful
Happy

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