Short Story Quiz

What is the main message or lesson of a story called?

• theme

• setting

• character

• plot

What is the perspective from which a story is told called?

• Angle of vision

• Point of view

• Narrative stance

• Plot perspective

What type of character remains the same throughout the story?

• Static

• Antagonist

• Villain

• Dynamic

What literary device is used to make a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

What literary device is used to give human qualities to non-human things?

• simile

• personification

• irony

• metaphor

What literary device is used to exaggerate and overemphasize a point for effect?

• understatement

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• irony

What are the five main elements of plot in a story?

• Introduction, turning point, conclusion, aftermath, and epilogue

• Conflict, character development, setting, dialogue, and theme

• Prologue, inciting incident, denouement, epiphany, and coda

• Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

What type of character undergoes a significant change in the story?

• Static character

• Dynamic character

• Flat character

• Round character

What is the underlying message or big idea of a story called?

• plot

• character

• setting

• theme

If a story is narrated by a character in the story using pronouns like "I" and "me," what point of view is being used?

• First person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person objective