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SHORT STORY ELEMENTS REVIEW
SHORT STORY ELEMENTS REVIEW
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If a narrator uses "she" and "they" and doesn't know the characters' thoughts he is speaking in
second person
third person omniscient
first person
third person limited
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"Natural Cheetos" is an example of
Personification
Simile
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
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An antagonist is
a good guy
always completely evil
a round character
a bad guy
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"He was a real Romeo with the ladies" is an example of
oxymoron
simile
personification
allusion
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When a human quality is given to a non human thing it is called
humanification
simile
personification
metaphor
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The characters in a story are part of the setting
false
true
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when a warning or indication of a future event occurs in a story, that is called
personfication
foreshadowing
indicating
simile
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A symbol is
when an object or event represents an idea
always at the beginning of a story
when a character represents an object
when a thing represents another thing
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short stories
must
have a
flat character
personification
conflict
first person point of view
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"You're the sun and the moon to me" is an example of
simile
personification
oxymoron
metaphor
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"buzz" is an example of
personification
alliteration
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
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which of the following is
not
an element of a short story?
prose
theme
setting
plot
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what is the conflict?
the event that changes the inital situation
the event that occurs after the climax
the event that changes the rising action
the event that leads to the conclusion
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Hyperbole is
a metaphor
a literal statement
an exaggeration
sarcasm
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what is the falling action?
how the characters are at the beginning
series of events following the conflict
how the characters are at the end
series of events following the climax
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what is the conclusion?
the events leading to the climax
The situation at the beginning of the story
the situation at the end of the story
the events that take place after the climax
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A theme is
the message you can take away from the story
a sentence that tells you the climax of the story
a word to describe the story's focus
the topic of the story in one word
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The climax usually takes place when
a character is hurt or killed
a character starts their journey
a character makes a major decision
the story is almost finished
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"I love you like a fat kid loves cake" is an example of
symbol
simile
personification
metaphor
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In The Interlopers, the tree falling on the two men is
Foreshadowing
A Simile
Hyperbolic
Symbolic
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"Always listen to your parents" is an example of a
thematic climax
a concept
a climax
a theme
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which is
not
an element of plot?
climax
initial situation
rising action
setting
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"Johnny is as tall as a giraffe" is an example of
a metaphor
personification
a simile
an oxymoron
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If a narrator is speaking from his own point of view and using "I" or "me", he is speaking in
third person limited
second person
third person omniscient
first person
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Alliteration is
when words rhyme
when a letter is repeated for effect
when the end sound of a word is repeated for effect
when a sound is repeated for effect
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The initial situation in "The Interlopers" is
the wolves
the tree falling
the beginning of the feud
the two men starting their hunts
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What is a short story?
a narrative, non-fictional piece of writing
a fictional piece of prose or poetry.
a work of narrative, prose fiction
a work of poetry and fiction
