Short Story Unit Test Review

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

• True
• False

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 author’s implicit attitude toward the reader or the people, places, and events in a work is called?

• tone
• mood 
• milieu
• resolution

The general feeling of the reader when reading a particular text is called

• tone
• mood
• milieu
• resolution

What is the beginning of the story called (when characters are introduced)?

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

What is the highest point of suspense or action (the turning point) called?

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

What would you call an unexpected turn of events that creates a new perspective of the plot?

• Imagery

• Suspense

• Plot Twist

• Theme

• Characterization

An allegory is...

• ...a story that represents something beyond itself.
• ...when the characters or story represent historical events.
• ...represent abstract or moral ideas.
• ...All of the above.

Literary work in which characters and events are used to represent abstract concepts; a highly symbolic work.

• Allusion
• Analogy
• Allegory
• Assonance