Short Stories Test Review

True or False: Setting concerns place, time, weather conditions, social conditions and the mood/atmosphere the author creates

• True

• False

Which Point-of-view (POV) funnels all action through the eyes of a single character, where readers only see what the narrator sees?

• Third Person - limited

• Third Person - Omniscient

• First Person

Which POV is God-like, the narrator knows and sees everything, and can move from one character's mind to another?

• Third person - limited

• Third person - omniscient

• Second Person

True or False: A character’s characteristics can be revealed through what they say, think, feel, dream and what they do or do not do

• True

• False

Which part of the plot involves an event that hooks the viewer into the story and sets everything else that happens into motion?

• Climax

• Inciting Action

• Conclusion

• None of the above

Which type of conflict sees the protagonist pitted against a collective, impersonal antagonistic force such as a government body, an unfamiliar culture, or a conflicting demographic?

• Person V Person

• Person V Society

• Person V Nature

Which literary device describes a series of words in quick succession that all start with the same letter or sound?

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Assonance

"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

"Flaming ice" is an example of what literary technique?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Metaphor

"A dozen tight fists pounded the criminal's clavicle" uses what literary device?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Irony