WorksheetsShort Story Elements
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 53mins
The elements of the plot structure are in which order?
conflict, setting, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
exposition, setting, point of view, rising action, falling action
CONNOR WAS FEELING DEPRESSED.
indirect characterization
direct characterization
Complex, three-dimensional characters are called--
round characters
flat characters
external characters
internal characters
This type of character usually represents a stereotype and is two-dimensional.
flat
round
internal
external
John's neighbor Bill is angry because John plays loud music every day. John is frustrated with Bill because his neighbor complains too much. They talked about it and came to a compromise--Bill agreed that John can still play his loud music every day, but will only play for 1 hour instead of 2. Bill and John are both happy with this arrangement.
3rd person omniscient
3rd person limited
1st person
Sage gathered a handful of herbs and tore them from the ground. He hated killing things, even plants, but he knew that it was part of the equation of life. Sage ground the herbs with a mortar and pestle. He then mixed it with the tincture. The concoction began to glow. Sage brought the glowing goo to Shanna, who was lying in bed. "Drink it slow," he said. Shanna nodded. Sage hated seeing Shanna like this. She was his closest companion, and she was dying.
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Objective
1st person
In which POV do you see" I, me, and my" used to convey the story?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person objective
3rd person omniscient
In which POV is this written?
Sally and I went to the grocery store. We bought salad and bread. I thought that was a boring dinner, but Sally liked it.
1st person POV
2nd person POV
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
What can a black cat symbolize?
Passion
Power
Superstition
Animals
Which of the following passages best illustrates the literary concept of an archetype of a damsel in distress?
“Doubtless she would have wished less severity in the rigorous sky of love, more expansive and less cautious tenderness, but her husband’s impassive manner always restrained her.” Alicia waits at home for Jordan to return from work.
“He gave notes, made ruinous agreements, dealt with usurers, with every type of money-lender. He compromised the rest of his life, risked signing notes without knowing if he could ever honor them, and, terrified by the anguish still to come, by the black misery about to fall on him, by the prospect of every physical privation and every moral torture he was about to suffer, he went to get the new necklace, and laid down on the jeweler's counter thirty-six thousand francs.” Mathilde lost the necklace and her husband has to work harder than before to pay off the debt.
“Goaded, by the interference, into a rage more than demoniacal, I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain. She fell dead upon the spot, without a groan.” The narrator kills his wife in an attempt to kill the cat.
Who is the protagonist in the following passage?
“On a rooftop near O'Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching. Beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses. His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.”
The Free State sniper
The bridge
The narrator
The Republican sniper
Which literary term is best illustrated in the following paragraph?
“Alicia’s entire honeymoon gave her hot and cold shivers. A blonde, angelic, and timid young girl, the childish fancies she had dreamed about being a bride had been chilled by her husband’s rough character. She loved him very much, nonetheless, although sometimes she gave a light shudder when, as they returned home through the streets together at night, she cast a furtive glance at the impressive stature of her Jordan, who had been silent for an hour.”
internal conflict - character v. self
external conflict - character v. society
external conflict - character v. nature
Which literary term is best illustrated in the following paragraph?
The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight - hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket. Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home from work.
protagonist
plot
setting
antagonist
