WorksheetsShort Story Vocabulary Unit 1
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 6mins
This is the place and time frame of a story
tone
theme
point of view
setting
The character who tells the story
narrator
antagonist
protagonist
round character
The message about life or main idea in the story
theme
symbolism
hyperbole
plot
The angle from which the story is told
chronological order
point of view
characterization
plot
These are the details to help readers see, hear, taste, and feel the story
allusion
plot
symbolism
sensory imagery
A short story that explains a belief or moral sometimes using animals or people
irony
hyperbole
parable
narrator
The way a writer develops a character by words, thoughts, or actions
antagonist
characterization
protagonist
theme
A technique in which the intended word or deed is opposite of usual sense
tone
point of view
irony
oxymoron
When events are put in order like first, second, third . . this is called
flashback
setting
compare/contrast
chronological order
A concrete or real object used to represent an idea
plot
euphemism
sensory imagery
symbolism
The attitude or feeling in the story from the author like sarcastic, funny, scary, serious etc.
theme
tone
hyperbole
irony
This character is the main one and often times the hero of the story
protagonist
antagonist
narrator
round character
This character is the person or force that works against the hero in the story
narrator
antagonist
protagonist
flat character
The action that makes up a story which has five parts to it's structure
plot
theme
tone
characterization
A word that is less offensive like correctional facility not prison or sanitary landfill not the dump
allusion
personification
hyperbole
euphemism
This is a standard to achieve a special meaning like. . He is a cheetah, not He runs fast
hyperbole
metaphor
figurative language
sensory imagery
This is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or humor. . ex. I am starving, I am burning up without an air conditioner
hyperbole
figurative language
oxymoron
euphemism
A linking of contradictory words like jumbo shrimp, small crowd, freezer burn, or honest politician
allusion
symbolism
oxymoron
euphemism
This is a reference to a book,movie, painting, or historical event like the Mona Lisa, Pearl Harbor, etc.
symbolism
euphemism
oxymoron
allusion
