Short Story Terms

The person or force that opposes the main character in a story is the ____.

• antagonist
• protagonist
• dynamic character
• flashback

A character who changes throughout the story is a(n) _______ character.

• dynamic
• static
• round
• flat

A character who does not change throughout the story is a(n) ___ character.

• dynamic
• static
• round
• flat

A story in which a person is caught in a brutal snowstorm and must struggle against the elements to survive contains a(n) ___ conflict.

• external
• internal
• person vs. machine
• flashback

A story in which a person is tormented by his/her conscience over a past decision contains a(n) ______ conflict.

• external
• internal
• person vs. machine
• flashback

In a story set in the 1990s, an author includes a scene in which a character remembers and replays an event from her youth in the 1970s. What is this called?

• characterization
• conflict
• flashback
• foreshadowing

When an author gives hints or clues about something that may happen later in a story, this is known as ___.

• characterization
• conflict
• flashback
• foreshadowing

"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances."
This quote from William Shakespeare contains a(n) ___.

• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

“The café was like a battleship stripped for action.”
This quote from Ernest Hemingway contains a(n) ___.

• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification
• simlie

"The high mountain wind coasted sighing through the pass and whistled on the edges of the big blocks of broken granite."
This quote from John Steinbeck contains which of the following literary devices?

• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification
• simile