Comparison Of Long And Short Story's Studying

Question 1

What is Non-Fiction?

Answer 1

When the story is real
The story is based on facts

Question 2

What is fiction?

Answer 2

When the story is made up
eg. Harry Potter, Lord Of the Rings, etc.

Question 3

What are the four basic elements?

Answer 3

-Characters
-Setting
-Plot
-Theme

Question 4

What are the Seven basic characteristics?

Answer 4

-You can usually read in one sitting
-Has one main incident
-Usually has two main characters
-Has one main setting
-Has one main theme
-catches the readers attention right away
-Should have a definite ending

Question 5

What is a short Story?

Answer 5

A shorty story is a story is a story that can be read in one sitting

Question 6

What is the theme?

Answer 6

The theme is the main point of the story

Question 7

How do you determine the theme?

Answer 7

-The title of the story
The conflict and the results
-Weather the protagonist has learned anything
-What insight into life is revealed

Question 8

What is the plot?

Answer 8

The plot refers to the sequence of related incidents

Question 9

What are the two main forces of plot?

Answer 9

The Protagonist (the main character)
The antagonist (the force against the main character)

Question 10

What are the five main stages of plot (the story arch)

Answer 10

-Introduction
-rising action-climax
-falling action
-conclusion

Question 11

What is the setting?

Answer 11

The setting is the time and the place of the plot

Question 12

Whats the difference between Chronological and Historical time?

Answer 12

Chronological: we learn whats happening in eg. 1984
Historical: a particular time in famous history

Question 13

Whats the difference between specific and geographic places?

Answer 13

Specific: Is usually a room or street
Geographic: A location found on a map (Eg. Edmonton)

Question 14

What is the atmosphere?

Answer 14

The description of the physical surroundings or environment

Question 15

What is mood?

Answer 15

Mood is what the reader feels after reading the story

Question 16

What is the tone?

Answer 16

What the writer feels toward the subject matter

Question 17

What is characterisation?

Answer 17

Revealing the quality of a characters personality

Question 18

What is direct and indirect characterisation?

Answer 18

Direct: By what the writer says
Indirect: Based on what the character says, does, or thinks

Question 19

What are plausible characters?

Answer 19

Characters who are believable

Question 20

What is Motive/Motivation

Answer 20

The reason the why the character behaves the way they do

Question 21

What is a flat character?

Answer 21

A character with few personality traits

Question 22

What is a round character?

Answer 22

A character with many personality traits

Question 23

What is a stock character?

Answer 23

A character who is stereotyped
eg. The blond, mean cheerleader who is typically the cheer captain

Question 24

What is a static character?

Answer 24

A character who does not change their view point

Question 25

what is a dynamic character

Answer 25

Is the oposit of a static character, they change their view point

Question 26

What is a character sketch?

Answer 26

The description of the character eg. Hair colour, height, etc

Question 27

What are the who types of irony?

Answer 27

Situational: The oposit of whats expected to happen Dramatic: The character speaking or doing an action is unaware of the irony (readers are aware)

Question 28

What is first person major?

Answer 28

Narrator the the main character (uses "I" in text)

Question 29

What is first person minor?

Answer 29

The narrator is a minor character (uses "I" in text)

Question 30

What is Third person objective?

Answer 30

Readers do not know the thoughts of any characters (uses "They" in text)

Question 31

What is third person limited omniscient ?

Answer 31

Readers know the thoughts of characters (uses "They" in text)

Question 32

What is a symbol?

Answer 32

Something that represents something else

Question 33

What is a flashback?

Answer 33

the focus is in the present but for more context to the story they will use a flashback so the reader is more aware of the main story

Question 34

What is foreshadowing?

Answer 34

Hints of something positive or negative happening later in the story

Question 35

What is foreboding?

Answer 35

Clues in the story that something negative will happen later into the story

Question 36

What is dramatic character foil

Answer 36

Similarities between two or more characters establishing their differences.

Question 37

What is poetic justice?

Answer 37

The outcome where characters receive reward or punishment for their deeds

Question 38

Who are "Hero's"

Answer 38

Protagonist's who possess typical qualities of a hero

Question 39

Who are Anti-Heors?

Answer 39

Protagonist's who are un-heroic