Short Story Literary Elements Review

The time and the place of a short story is called the...

• Atmosphere

• Tone

• Exposition

• Setting

When the author gives hints about what is going to happen in the story...

• Theme

• Attitude

• Foreshadowing

• Tone

This is the main idea of a story. It usually sparks debate/conversation.

• Atmosphere

• Theme

• Verbal Irony

• Tone

When the opposite happens to what you expect or are led to believe.

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• All of the answers are correct

Another way of describing an omniscient narrator is…

• Second Person View

• Third Person View

• First Person View

• Fourth Person View

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 types of conflict?

• Person vs. Person

• Person vs. Nature

• Person vs. Government

• Person vs. Self

Provides the author’s feelings about the subject of the story  

• Tone

• Atmosphere

• Point of View

• Inciting Incident

When the setting or scene causes an emotional response in the reader...

• Atmosphere

• Conflict

• Situation Irony

• Mood

The audience or reader is 

aware of something one or 

more of the characters is not 

aware of...

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Theme

• Situational Irony

This is where the story begins.  In this section you are introduced to the characters, the setting, and the mood.

• Exposition

• Inciting Incident

• Resolution

• Climax