Short Story Elements Review

Choose the term that best matches this definition: a part of the exposition that tells when and where a story takes place

• conflict

• setting

• character introduction

• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Choose the term that best matches this definition: how the author reveals the personality traits of characters in a story

• exposition

• setting

• conflict

• characterization

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Choose the term that best matches this definition: a struggle faced by a character either externally or internally

• characterization

• conflict

• setting

• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Choose the term that best matches this definition: an underlying message the reader can take away from a story

• characterization

• conflict

• setting

• theme

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Choose the term that best matches this definition: when the author gives hints or clues about what will happen later in a story

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• conflict

• setting

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of the following statements would be an acceptable theme?

• The characters learned the importance of family.

• Loyalty

• The main character realized that freedom is worth sacrifice.

• Loyalty may require sacrifice.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the best theme for the passage below?

"The White Silence" by Jack London

"The afternoon wore on, and with the awe, born of the White Silence, the voiceless travelers bent to their work. Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity¹...but the most tremendous, the most stupefying of all, is the passive phase of the White Silence."

¹ having a limited life length

• Nature

• Man will live forever.

• The characters should not be traveling in this environment.

• Nature deserves our respect and will continue to exist long after man is gone.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the setting based on this passage from "To Build a Fire" by Jack London?

"But all this--the mysterious, far-reaching, hair-line trail, the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all--made no impression on the man...He was a newcomer in the land...and this was his first winter."

• The setting will not have a direct impact on the story.

• The setting will create a man vs. nature conflict in the story.

• The setting will not reveal characterization.

• The theme is that people need each other.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which story element is the main focus of the passage below from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce?

"The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about 35 years of age. He was a civilian...His eyes were large and dark gray, and had a kindly expression which one would hardly have expected in one whose neck was in the hemp (rope). Evidently, this was no vulgar assassin."

• setting

• conflict

• characterization

• theme

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Based on the passage below from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," which answer choice best characterizes Peyton Farqhuar?

"The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about 35 years of age. He was a civilian...dark hair combed straight back, falling behind his ears to the collar of his well-fitting frock coat...His eyes were large and dark gray, and had a kindly expression which one would hardly have expected in one whose neck was in the hemp (rope). Evidently, this was no vulgar assassin."

• dangerous and angry

• normal and harmless

• strange and unique

• poor and desperate

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1