Short Story Quiz

1st Person

A character in the story who can reveal only his or her feelings and thoughts

Irony

A contrast between what appears to be and what is really meant

Theme

A moral or lesson learned from the story

Symbolism

Anything that stands for itself and at the same time represents an abstract quality

Indirect Characterization

Author reveals character through their actions, speech, thoughts, or the reaction of other characters

Direct Characterization

Describing or explaining actions of the character

Short Story

Developed in America is a brief fictional work venters upon one main character and his conflict

Inference

Drawing conclusion or making assumption based on limited information

Mood

The atmosphere created by the author through setting, imagery,details, and descriptions

Point of View

The author's choice of a narrator

Protagonist

The character about whom the story centers - CAN BE GOOD OR EVIL

Antagonist

The character or force opposing the protagonist and creating conflict in the plot

Characterization

The method the author uses to develop the personality of ht persons in a story

3rd Person Objective

The narrator can only relate what he sees, hears, feels, touches, or smells

3rd Person Omniscient

The narrator know everything about the characters and can enter their minds and know their thoughts and feelings

Resolution

The state of events of the end of the story

Rising Action

The story events after the exposition that build suspense and interest

Setting

The time and place of a story

Foreshadowing

The use of clues in a story to suggest the story's outcome

Plot

What the story is about

Dramatic Irony

When the audience know something that a certain character doesn't know

Verbal Irony

Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

Conflict

the struggle between opposing forces in a story that makes the plot interesting and suspenseful

Falling Action

the unraveling of events after the climax

Stereotype

Generalized ideas about characters and situations labeling people as a group rather than seeing their individuality

Climax

High point of suspense or interest. The point of which the plot changes direction

Internal Conflict

Man Vs. Himself

External Conflict

Man Vs. Nature Man Vs. Society Man Vs. Fate Man Vs. Man

Exposition

Setting and initial incident

Situational Irony

Something happens in the story that contradicts the expectations of a character or the reader