English Test - The Short Story

present-day =

contemporary

ownership of the right to print and sell =

copyright

remove; cross out =

delete

speeches made by characters in a story =

dialogue

preliminary copy =

draft

The process of writing is called ______________.

drafting

weird =

eerie

talkative =

garrulous

Jim Smiley's frog is defeated because =

he has been filled with heavy quail shot

a single happening in a story =

incident

struggle within one person's mind =

internal conflict

set in special print for emphasis =

italicize

The princess is torn between ___________________________.

love and jealousy

The young man in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" has been guilty of =

loving the princess

What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? "All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players"

metaphor

What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? The house was a whirlwind in the days before the wedding.

metaphor

figure of speech =

metaphor

The kingdom described in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is _____________.

mythical

submissive =

obsequious

all-seeing, all knowing =

omniscient

The process of systematically organizing ideas for writing is called ___________________.

outlining

What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? My car is being temperamental this morning.

personification

the __________ is what happens in the story .

plot

The process of reading your work and checking for errors is ____________________.

proofreading

The process of changing content or arrangement of writing is called _______________.

revising

necklace =

riviere

When the jewels are lost, the Loisels =

search for them everywhere

Madame Loisel hesitates to go to the ball because =

she hasn't the right clothes to wear

What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? "She's like a strong tower."

simile

What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? His legs looked like overcooked noodles.

simile

At the end of the story, Madame Loisel discovers that =

the necklace was not real, but a cheap imitation

the ______________ is what the story is about .

theme

unoriginal; overused =

trite

Select the correctly punctuated sentence. 1. "The daylight is coming," Dave said. "We should go now." 2. The daylight is coming Dave said we should go now" 3. The daylight is coming," Dave said, "We should go now." 4. The daylight is coming, Dave said "We should go now."

1, "The daylight is coming," Dave said. "We should go now."

Check what should be included in a thorough critique of a short story (Mark all that apply.). 1. give strengths and weaknesses 2. make the conflict clear 3. keep objective and opinion free 4. give detailed plot summary 5. recommend to certain type of reader 6. summarize the plot briefly 7. develop strengths of minor characters 8. point out examples of style 9. identify characters 10. briefly give author's background

1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10

Select the correctly punctuated sentence. 1. He told us that "He had been born in this little town." 2. He told us that he had been born in this little town. 3. He told us, "That he had been born in this little town." 4. He told, "us that he had been born in this little town."

2, He told us that he had been born in this little town.

The setting is a gambling parlor in "_____." 1. The Celebrated Jumping Frog 2. The Lady, or the Tiger? 3. The Necklace 4. none of these

4, none of these

The main character in a story is called the antagonist. True or False?

False

The author tells us that the door selected by the young man contains the _________________________.

He doesn't tell us

The narrator of the frame story in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is _____.

I

Criticism is not always uncomplimentary. True or False?

True

Every story is built around a conflict. True or False?

True

collection of stories =

anthology

savage =

barbarian

informal, conversation =

colloquial