Elements of Short Story

True or False: The protagonist is always the good guy.

• True
• False

What story element refers to the specific feeling of a specific people at a specific time?

• exposition
• milieu
• denouement
• complication

Which story element refers to a particular event that brings about a particular story?

• plot
• milieu
• complicating factor
• antagonist

Which element of a short story reveals the character psychologically, spiritually, economically, and physically

• setting
• protagonist
• plot
• antagonist

Which is NOT part of Aristotle’s Poetics (Plot Diagram)?

• climax
• suspense
• denouement
• resolution

Which of the following is NOT an example of conflict according to your notes?

• man vs [man, nature, self, society, supernatural]
• society vs society
• supernatural vs supernatural
• man vs milieu

The withholding of information to raise questions is called?

• conflict
• suspense
• rising action
• denouement

An author's choice of words, length of sentences and language when writing a story (think of different time periods) is called?

• complicating factors
• dialogue
• diction
• denouement

The interruption of the timeline to enable the author to present a gripping situation or to “fill in the blanks” is called?

• foreshadowing
• resolution
• flashback
• climax

The emotional bonding of the character(s) and the reader and when the reader identifies with the emotions and/or suffering of  the character is referred to as?

• foreshadowing
• catharsis
• suspense
• climax