Short Stories Literary Terms Review

Question 1

How does Prince Prospero react to the death of so many people in his kingdom?

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He retreats to an abbey with a thousand lighthearted friends

Question 2

When the narrator is a character in the story, the point of view is

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first person

Question 3

Which story is told from the first person point of view?

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"The Californian's Tale"

Question 4

Which term describes a character who has few or no personality traits?

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Flat

Question 5

The last main event of the plot of "The Open Window" is

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Framton running out of the house

Question 6

A story that uses exaggeration, humor, ridicule, and irony to point out flaws in a society is

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satire

Question 7

Which of these is an important symbol in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

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all of these

Question 8

When an author shows a character's personality through his thoughts and actions, that is

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indirect characterization

Question 9

Characters that change as a result of the events in a story are

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Dynamic

Question 10

The government of the country in "The Censors" is

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controlling

Question 11

Which short story is an example of an allegory?

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"The Masque of the Red Death"

Question 12

The story "Catch the Moon" is told in

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Third Person Limited Point of View Luis's Perspective

Question 13

Something in a story that stands for something else (like an idea) is a(n)

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symbol

Question 14

If someone said, "Nice job!" after a waiter broke a dish, that would be an example of

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verbal irony

Question 15

What is an example of situational irony at the end of "The Censors?"

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Juan censored his own letter

Question 16

When the audience knows something that the character(s) don't know, that is

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dramatic irony

Question 17

The person who is telling the story is also known as the

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narrator

Question 18

When the opposite of what you expect happens, that's an example of

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situational irony

Question 19

The ending of the story "The Californian's Tale" is an example of

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situational irony

Question 20

A character with many traits who seems more like a real person is

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round

Question 21

"Romance at short notice was Vera's specialty" is and example of

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Direct characterization

Question 22

Which point of view has a narrator who can't see inside the heads of any of the characters?

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third person objective

Question 23

"Drew is a hard working student" is an example of

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direct characterization

Question 24

The emotional reaction that a story creates is also known as the

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mood

Question 25

Which literary term describes the author's attitude toward his subject and/or characters?

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tone

Short Stories Literary Terms Review

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Short Stories Literary Terms Review

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