AP Literature Short Story Terms

Who is the Protagonist in a story?

• The minor character

• The main character

• The character against the main character

• None of the above

Who is the antagonist in a story?

• The minor character

• The main character

• The character against the main character

• None of the above

What is the exposition of a story?

• The most exciting part

• The action after the climax

• The information in the beginning of a story about the characters, setting, etc.

• None of the above

What is the inciting incident of a story?

• The most exciting part

• The resolution

• The first problem

• None of the above

What is the setting of a story?

• The main character

• The lesson learned

• Time, place and mood of a story

• None of the above

What is the Rising Action of a story?

• The most exciting part

• The lesson learned

• The action leading up to the climax

• The end, solution

What is the Climax of a story?

• The lesson learned

• The end, solution

• Time, place, mood

• The most exciting part of the story

What is the Falling Action of a story?

• The lesson learned

• The end, solution

• The most exciting part

• The action after the climax, leading to the resolution

What is the Resolution of a story?

• The lesson learned

• The time, place, mood

• The end, solution of a story

• None of the above

What is the Theme of a story?

• The end, solution

• The lesson learned

• Time, place, mood

• None of the above