Short Story Unit Test Review

Author of Most Dangerous Game

Important hints that an authordrops to help the reader anticipate the outcome.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Which did Mitty NOT daydream about being?

Author of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 

When an eventoccurs that directly contradicts expectations.

The central part of the story duringwhich various problems arise after a conflict isintroduced.

Type of Point of View: -- narrator tells onlywhat one character perceives

Type of Point of View: -- narrator is a character in thestory; uses “I,” “we,” etc.

 A literary work whose content is based onthe imagination and not on fact.

The attitude of the writer towards the subject or an audience

The person or force that works againstthe hero of the story. 

Conflict that takes place in the character's mind

Who is dead at the end of "The Most Dangerous Game?"

Antagonist of Most Dangerous Game

Type of Irony: --when an eventoccurs that directly contradicts expectations

Type of Irony: -- occurs when words areused to suggest the opposite of their usualmeaning. 

The high point in the action of a story.

Protagonist of Most Dangerous Game

The action and dialogue followingthe climax that lead the reader into thestory’s end.

Words or phrases that appeal to thereader’s senses.

A problem or struggle between twoopposing forces in a story

Type of Point of View: -- narrator can seeinto the minds of all characters

Author of "The Lady, or the Tiger"

The feeling a piece of literature is intendedto create in a reader.

Type of Irony: -- when the audience has more information than the characters in the story. 

The message about life or human naturethat is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells

Which type of Characterization? - What the character thinks, says, what other characters think?

True writing, based on factualinformation.

Type of Characterization: --when the audience is told what the character's personality is.

Characters that can develop and grow throughout the story

The planned action, or series of events that makes up the story.

Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.

Conflict that takes place between a person and someone orsomething else

Perspective from which the storyis told

 Person, place, or thing that representssomething beyond itself

Part of the story, usually thebeginning, where characters, background, & setting are described

Who actuallytells the story, filling in the background and bridging the gaps betweendialogue. 

The place and the time frame in which astory takes place.

Characters that DO NOT change

The main character in a story, often agood or heroic type.