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Short Story Vocabulary Unit 1

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the place and time frame of a story

a)

tone

b)

theme

c)

point of view

d)

setting

2.

The character who tells the story

a)

narrator

b)

antagonist

c)

protagonist

d)

round character

3.

The message about life or main idea in the story

a)

theme

b)

symbolism

c)

hyperbole

d)

plot

4.

The angle from which the story is told

a)

chronological order

b)

point of view

c)

characterization

d)

plot

5.

These are the details to help readers see, hear, taste, and feel the story

a)

allusion

b)

plot

c)

symbolism

d)

sensory imagery

6.

A short story that explains a belief or moral sometimes using animals or people

a)

irony

b)

hyperbole

c)

parable

d)

narrator

7.

The way a writer develops a character by words, thoughts, or actions

a)

antagonist

b)

characterization

c)

protagonist

d)

theme

8.

A technique in which the intended word or deed is opposite of usual sense

a)

tone

b)

point of view

c)

irony

d)

oxymoron

9.

When events are put in order like first, second, third . . this is called

a)

flashback

b)

setting

c)

compare/contrast

d)

chronological order

10.

A concrete or real object used to represent an idea

a)

plot

b)

euphemism

c)

sensory imagery

d)

symbolism

11.

The attitude or feeling in the story from the author like sarcastic, funny, scary, serious etc.

a)

theme

b)

tone

c)

hyperbole

d)

irony

12.

This character is the main one and often times the hero of the story

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

c)

narrator

d)

round character

13.

This character is the person or force that works against the hero in the story

a)

narrator

b)

antagonist

c)

protagonist

d)

flat character

14.

The action that makes up a story which has five parts to it's structure

a)

plot

b)

theme

c)

tone

d)

characterization

15.

A word that is less offensive like correctional facility not prison or sanitary landfill not the dump

a)

allusion

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

euphemism

16.

This is a standard to achieve a special meaning like. . He is a cheetah, not He runs fast

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

figurative language

d)

sensory imagery

17.

This is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or humor. . ex. I am starving, I am burning up without an air conditioner

a)

hyperbole

b)

figurative language

c)

oxymoron

d)

euphemism

18.

A linking of contradictory words like jumbo shrimp, small crowd, freezer burn, or honest politician

a)

allusion

b)

symbolism

c)

oxymoron

d)

euphemism

19.

This is a reference to a book,movie, painting, or historical event like the Mona Lisa, Pearl Harbor, etc.

a)

symbolism

b)

euphemism

c)

oxymoron

d)

allusion