Short Story Vocabulary

Which term can be defined as: The series of events in a story?

• flat character

• round character

• theme

• plot

Which type of character does NOT change at all during a short story?

• flat character

• round character

• dynamic character

• direct characterization

Which type of character CHANGES during a story? Something about the character is different that how they started the story.

• dynamic character

• flat character

• static character

• indirect characterization

Which style of characterization is this?

Melinda was mean and clever.

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

Which style of characterization requires the reader to INFER about the character based on their actions, dialogue and decisions?

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

Which term can be defined as the written conversations between two or more characters in a literary work?

• characterization

• conversationalist

• quotation marks

• dialogue

Which term refers to the BEGINNING of a short story, when readers are EXPOSED to the setting, initial plot details, and characters.

• rising action

• resolution

• falling action

• exposition

What is a plot event that adds to the CONFLICT called?

• rising action

• falling action

What is the MAIN problem in a story called?

• resolution

• solution

• conflict

• protagonist

The force or person that causes the conflict in a short story is called the...

• protagonist

• main character

• antagonist

• round character