Short Story Literary Terms

Who is the Protagonist in a story?

• The minor character

• The main character

• The character against the main character

• None of the above

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E1.6

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

Symbols: An _________ symbolizes freedom, liberty and strength.

A _______ symbolizes peace.

• dove

  eagle

• winter,

  water

• spring,

  dove

• winter,

  fall/autumn

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.9C

TEKS.ELA.8.9C

TEKS.ELA.CM.5

TEKS.ELA.RI.4E

TEKS.ELA.VM.2A

What is the exposition of a story?

• The most exciting part

• The action after the climax

• The information in the beginning of a story about the characters, setting, etc.

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the setting of a story?

• The main character

• The lesson learned

• Time, place and mood of a story

• None of the above

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7D

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

TEKS.ELA.E1.6D

TEKS.ELA.E4.6D

TEKS.ELA.LG.2D

What is the Rising Action of a story?

• The most exciting part

• The lesson learned

• The action leading up to the climax

• The end, solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the Climax of a story?

• The lesson learned

• The end, solution

• Time, place, mood

• The most exciting part of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the Falling Action of a story?

• The lesson learned

• The end, solution

• The most exciting part

• The action after the climax, leading to the resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the Resolution of a story?

• The lesson learned

• The time, place, mood

• The end, solution of a story

• None of the above

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

TEKS.ELA.LG.2L

Which term is a perception about life that the writer conveys to the reader & it is the central or main idea

• conflict

• theme

• setting

• foreshadow

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

TEKS.ELA.E3.6

TEKS.ELA.E4.6

What is 1st person point of view?

• Story is told by an outsider and uses He/She

• Story is told by the main character and uses I

• Comparison with like/as

• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6