Short Story Terms 1

This word is defined as a reference to someone/something from literature or a movie. An example would be telling someone to "use the force" when you want to encourage their confidence. 

• crisis

• allusion

• protagonist

• conflict

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Which of the following defines a character in a literary work?

• the point at which the action in a story reaches it emotional peak.

• used to give clues about something that will happen later in the story.

• the emotional atmosphere of a text.

• a person or animal that takes part in the action of a text.

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Which of the following terms is defined as a basic element of the plot, or the problem of the story? This can be internal or external. 

• conflict

• character

• anecdote

• setting

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What the characters in a story say to each other is  --

• climax

• dialogue

• theme

• genre

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The beginning of a story's plot is described as _________. This includes the characters, setting, and initial conflict of the story. 

• anecdote

• setting

• exposition

• symbol

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When an author interrupts the story to insert a past event for the purpose of providing background to the current events of the story that is called a -

• flashback

• irony

• mood

• plot

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A type or category of writing, such as a fiction, biography, or mystery is -

• irony

• climax

• genre

• protagonist

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Which of the following best defines foreshadowing? 

• the emotional atmosphere of a text.

• the action or sequence of events in the story.

• a technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story.

• giving inanimate objects human characteristics.

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The main character of a story is the -  

• setting

• diction

• protagonist

• theme

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Which of the following best describes the plot of a story?

• the time and place a story takes place.

• the action or sequence of events in the story.

• the author's attitude toward the subject they are writing about.

• the use of one thing to represent another.

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