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Short Story Literary Elements
Short Story Literary Elements
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A quiz to check for understanding of short story vocabulary terms.
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1
Which character is the main character?
sidekick
foil
protagonist
antagonist
2
What is the term for the time and place of a story?
climax
denouement
setting
theme
3
Which point of view is an all-knowing narrator who sees everything?
Third-person
First-person
Second-person
4
What is the central message or insight into life?
resolution
theme
exposition
denouement
5
What is the term for the part of the story when setting and main characters are discussed?
introduction
resolution
foreshadowing
inciting incident
6
Which perspective is from one character only?
Third-person limited
Third-person observer
Third-person omniscient
7
What is the term for narration using I, me, my, and mine?
First-person point of view
Second-person point of view
Third-person point of view
8
What is the account of an event that happened at an earlier point in the story?
flashback
foreshadowing
climax
denouement
9
What is the term for the use of hints to suggest what will happen later in a story?
flashback
exposition
conflict
foreshadowing
10
What is the term for the tying up of loose ends; happily ever after.
climax
denouement
theme
resolution
11
What does symbolism mean?
The meaning of the story
Adding symbols to the cover page
Using symbols to represent ideas or qualitites
12
What is the term for a struggle between a character and outside force?
external conflict
man versus society
internal conflict
man versus nature
13
What is the term for the point of a story when the main conflict is resolved?
climax
inciting incident
rising action
conflict
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What type of conflict is in a character's mind?
person versus society
internal
external
person versus nature
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Which character is in conflict with the main character?
protagonist
confidante
foil
antagonist
