Contemporary Literature - Short Story Test (condensed)

The way an author expresses himself; the selection of words to express ideas and themes.

• Style
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
• Symbol

When the writer hints or gives clues throughout the story to indicate what is going to come.

• Foreshadowing
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
• Symbol

Feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for the reader; Shapes the reader’s emotional response.

• Mood
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
• Symbol

The techniques an author uses to develop characters including: (1) See-physical description; (2) Say-the character’s speech, thoughts, feelings, or actions; (3) Others-the speech, thoughts, feelings or actions of other characters about a character; (4) narrator’s direct comments about the character’s nature

• Characterization
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
• Symbol

The attitude the writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and readers. Ways in which the author’s thoughts and feelings are reflected in the piece.

• Tone
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
• Symbol

Used to interrupt the flow of events to go back to an earlier time or event.

• Flashback
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
• Symbol

The character who either helps the protagonist change or overcome his/her problems, OR the character who creates problems for the protagonist to keep him/her from reaching his/her goals.

The author of “A Jury of Her Peers.”

The author of “A Rose for Emily.”

Laughs at women’s inferiority

• Sheriff Peters
• Colonel Sartoris
• Emily Grierson
• Homer Barron
• John Wright