9th Grade Final Exam: Short Story Terms

The highest point of interest or suspense.

One who develops and grows during the course of a story

Not clear; vague

Occurs between characters or between a character and a force of nature

The information that comes between the climax and the resolution.

The profane treatment of a sacred place.

A heated argument or dispute.

To swallow up in.

To occupy the place of authority or control.

The narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself as "I."

Foreboding; threatening

The end of the story.

Struggle between opposing forces is...

The narrator knows and shares thoughts/feelings about only one character

Extraordinary in some small way.

A character who does not change is...

Can include historical period, specific year, season, or time fo day

A conclusion drawn from details provided by the author is...

The way a writer reveals a character's personality trait is...

The time and place in which a story unfolds is...

Watchful and discreet

The narrator knows and shares thoughts/feelings about all characters

Difficult to control or handle.

The persective from which the story is told is...

Writers use a character's actions, thoughts, feelings to suggest a character's traits

The beginning of the story, mentions main characters, setting, main idea.

To dwell on a subject with morbid persistence.

Person depicted in a narrative or drama is...

Can involve geographical place or social, economic, cultural environment

Occurs within a character who experiences opposing ideas/feelings within himself is...

The information between the exposition and the climax.

To take a winding or indirect course.

Cleansed; polished

Writers directly state a character's personality traits

The insight about life that a literary work communicates is...

Having a high reputation.

Unusual or extreme paleness.