Short story Review

Match the following

• Box 4

• rising action

• Box 5

• exposition

• Box 1

• denouement

• Box 3

• falling action

• Box 2

• climax

a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces

• theme

• conflict

• moral

• climax

Elsa has to be hidden away from the outside world because of her secret magical powers.

• character vs. character
• character vs. nature
• character vs. society
• character vs. self

Sarah was accepted into her top choice for college, however, it is the most expensive one on her list. Should she sacrifice her family's wallet to attend the school of her dreams, or should she be conservative and consider other schools?

• character vs. character
• character vs. society
• character vs. nature
• character vs. self

Change the speech.

He said, “The horse died in the night.”

• He said that the horses had died in the night.

• He said that the horse had died in the night.

• He said that the horse died in the night.

• He said that horse had died in the night.

Change the speech.

The teacher asked me why I had been absent the day before.

• The teacher asked me, "Were you absent the day before?"

• The teacher asked me, "Why are you absent the day before?"

• The teacher asked me, "Why are you absent yesterday?"

• The teacher asked me, "Why were you absent yesterday?"

The girl said, "How happy I am!"

• The girl said how happy she was.

• The girl exclaimed that she was very happy.

• The girl said that she is very happy.

• The girl exclaimed that she is very happy.

"Be careful; the steps are very slippery", I warned him.

• I told him to be careful and the steps are very slippery.

• I warned him to be careful and steps were very slippery.

• I warned him to be careful as the steps are very slippery.

• I warned him to be careful as the steps were very slippery.

Direct Speech is..

• the reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.

• the reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.

• the reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.

• the reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.

Indirect speech is...

• expresses what was said without using the exact words.

• expresses what was said using the exact words.

• where someone else expresses what was said.

• where someone expresses their own words.