Short Story Vocabulary

Short Story Vocabulary

7th Grade

20 Qs

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English

7th Grade

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Medium

CCSS
RL.6.3, RL.8.3, RL.2.10

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

flat character

round character

theme

plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

flat character

round character

dynamic character

direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which style of characterization is this?

Melinda was mean and clever.

indirect characterization

direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Indirect Characterization

Direct Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

characterization

conversationalist

quotation marks

dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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