Short Story Unit Test--English 1

Define the term short story.

• A character that does not change as a result of a story's events

• The struggle between two opposing forces

• A short, concentrated, fictional prose narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Define plot.

• A series of unrelated events that make up a literary work

• A series of related events that make up a literary work

• Process of revealing the personality of a character

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a struggle between two opposing forces in a literary work?

(a)  

What are the two types of conflict (include both in one answer joined with the "&" symbol)?

(a)  

Define characterization.

• The process of a struggle forming in a literary work

• The process of describing a character's physical attributes

• The process of changing the personality of a character

• The process of revealing the personality of a character

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A (a)   character does not change much in the course of a literary work.

(Hint: it is a one word answer)

A (a)   character changes as a result of a story's events.

(Hint: it is a one word answer)

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What are the 3 types of external conflict?

(choose all that apply)

• man vs. himself

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

• man vs. man

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Define point of view.

• the main idea of a literary work

• hints or clues that suggest what is to come in a literary work

• the time and place of a literary work

• the vantage point from which a narrative is told

What are the 3 points of view (separate with commas).

(a)