Short Story Study

What is a reoccurring feature in a story called?

• theme
• plot
• motif
• tone

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

Which of the following examples of the landlady’s behavior is the best example of foreshadowing from the story?

• But this dame was like a jack-in-the-box. He pressed the bell—and out she popped!
• “If that is too much,” she added, “then perhaps I can reduce it just a tiny bit.”
• “And it is such a pleasure, my dear, such a very great pleasure when now and again I open the door and I see someone standing there who is just exactly right.”

Which simile does not contribute to the creepy mysterious tone of the story? 

• "But the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks." 
• "Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not walk away from that house." 
• "She looked exactly like the mother of one's best school friend welcoming one into the house to stay for the Christmas holidays."
• "But this dame was like a jack-in-the-box.  He pressed the bell - and out she popped.  It made him jump." 

What is NOT an element of foreshadowing in "The Landlady"?

• The houses in the neighborhood are run-down
• there are two guests in the register and they seem familiar to Billy
•  the dog and parrot were stuffed
• the porter told him to try "The Bell and Dragon"

What is the theme of a story?

• a character who does not change
• the conflict within a story
• the main idea or message of a story

Which of the following literary elements is prominent in the ending of "The Necklace?"

• metaphor
• irony
• flashback
• point of view

What is the tone of "The Tell-Tale Heart?" 

• Upbeat and happy
• Dark and foreboding
• Inspirational
• Silly