Short Story Elements Quiz

What is the term for the time and location in which a story takes place?

• Conflict

• Setting

• Characterization

• Plot

What is a person or animal that takes part in the action of a story called?

• Setting

• Character

• Narrator

• Plot

Which is not a type of conflict?

• internal conflict

• external conflic

• personal conflict

• person vs. self

Which is not a type of external conflict?

• person vs. person

• person vs. self

• person vs. nature

• person vs. society

It is the most the exciting part of the story.

What genre of fiction is about strange and unusual characters, settings, and plots?

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Fantasy

What is the term for the angle from which the story is told?

• Narrator

• Camera view

• Character view

• Point of view

What is the character who opposes the main character called?

• Static character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Dynamic character

What is the central, main character of a story called?

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Antagonizer

• Instigator

What is the most exciting part of the story called?

• Setting

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising action