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Duplicate of Activity 2.2 - Short Story Elements
Duplicate of Activity 2.2 - Short Story Elements
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Review of literary terms commonly used to study short stories
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Which of the following plot elements suggests clues of events to come?
foreshadowing
flashback
in medias res
motif
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Which part of a story's plot introduces the characters and background information?
introduction
exposition
beginning
explanation
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Imagery...
allows the reader visualize the story
enables the reader to see the action in the mind's eye
appeals to the five senses
has nothing to do with images
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What part of the plot goes in the starburst shape in the middle of the diagram?
anticlimax
conflict
complications
climax
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What is another literary term meaning resolution?
the end
denouement
conclusion
falling action
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What type of irony is used when the audience knows something a character doesn't know?
situational irony
verbal irony
dramatic irony
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What is the plot point of greatest intensity?
resolution
conflict
climax
falling action
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Which of the following terms refers to a story's main character?
tritagonist
deuteragonist
protagonist
antagonist
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Which of the following is not an example of figurative language?
denotation
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
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This type of language means exactly what it says. Only denotation matters.
figurative language
literal language
11
For which plot term is "complications" a synonym?
climax
exposition
falling action
rising action
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Point of view is...
the narrator's perspective
how you see the world
the storyteller's identity
using "I" and "you"
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How is theme best defined?
the moral of the story
the story's topic
the story's main idea
the story's message about life
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what is stated vs. what is meant
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
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Which point of view includes the thoughts of all characters?
third-person limited
third-person omniscient
first person
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This literary term means the reversal of expectations.
surprise
plot twist
flashback
irony
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An allusion is...
a reference to something
an optical trick
a common saying
a symbol
