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WorksheetsSHORT STORIES
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
THE SETTING IS ...
What the story is about
Where and when the story takes place
What happens to the protagonist
What happens in the end
The PLOT is ...
Like the structure of the story
The place where the character is buried
What the author intends to do
The place where the story takes place
The most important event in the story is the
Exposition
Falling action
Climax
Resolution
Plots can be linear or ...
Complex
Circular
A flashback
Chronological
In Cinderella, the discovery of her everyday life is the ...
Climax
Exposition
Rising action
Resolution
In Cinderella, the action rises when
Cinderella gets invited to the ball
Cinderella tries on the glass slipper
Cinderella's fairy godmother arrives
Cinderella leaves the ball
When Cinderella leaves the ball, losing her glass slipper, that is the _____ of the story.
Falling action
Climax
Resolution
Rising action
The resolution of Cinderella is when ...
Cinderella tries on the glass slipper
The Prince looks for Cinderella
Cinderella and the prince get married
Cinderella decides to go to the ball
The Characters in a short story are either flat or ...
Round, complex, dynamic
Interesting, difficult, annoying
Round, static, boring
Simple, complex, dull
The Antagonist is ...
The opposite of the Protagonist
The same as the Protagonist
In love with the Protagonist
Always helping the Protagonist
The personality of the Protagonist is revealed directly or ...
Obviously
Gradually
Never at all
Indirectly
The indirect characteristics of the protagonist are ...
How the character speaks, argues and thinks
The physical description
What the character says
What the character does
In a short story, conflict can be ...
Resolved or anticipated
Internal or external
Confusing or complex
Direct or indirect
Internal conflict DOES NOT involve
A difficult decision
Denial
Dealing with a trauma
Behaviour
There are generally how many types of point of view?
1
2
3
4
What are themes?
The general ideas that make up the story
The plot and the setting
The problem the protagonist has to solve
The conflit in the narrative
The writer's style creates the _____ in the story.
Humour
Atmosphere
Rising action
Theme
In a literature essay, student should mention the name of the author in the ...
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
It is never mentioned
In an literature essay, students must answer "W" questions in the ...
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
This is not part of the literature essay
What is the best tense to use when writing a literature essay?
The Past Tense
The Future Tense
The Present Tense
All tenses are appropriate
