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
