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Question 1

6 ELEMENTS OF A STORY

Answer 1

Character, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Theme, Point of View

Question 2

work of fictional narrative prose with a few characters, limited setting, and a single major event

Answer 2

SHORT STORY

Question 3

is meant to be read in a single sitting

Answer 3

SHORT STORY

Question 4

person, in some stories an animal, who takes part in the action of the story or other literary work

Answer 4

Character

Question 5

the heart of the story

Answer 5

characters

Question 6

two most important characters in a short story

Answer 6

protagonist and antagonist

Question 7

considered as the main character or most important of all the characters

Answer 7

Protagonist

Question 8

character who learns something or undergoes some changes throughout the course of the story

Answer 8

Protagonist

Question 9

character that challenges the main character

Answer 9

Antagonist

Question 10

It has no concern for the well-being of the main character.

Answer 10

Antagonist

Question 11

may be a person, the nature, the society, or any intangible matter that contends with or creates a problem for the protagonist

Answer 11

Antagonist

Question 12

the person second in importance to the protagonist

Answer 12

Deuteragonist

Question 13

4 CHARACTERS

Answer 13

Protagonist, Antagonist, Deuteragonist, Typical or minor character

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the place (locale) and time (period) when the story happens

Answer 14

Setting

Question 15

may be based on real place and real time or it may also be based on the author’s imagination

Answer 15

Setting

Question 16

actual story

Answer 16

Plot

Question 17

what the story is all about

Answer 17

Plot

Question 18

series of events and characters’ actions that lead to the highest point of interest in a short story

Answer 18

Plot

Question 19

5 Different parts of a Story’s structure

Answer 19

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

Question 20

beginning of the story

Answer 20

Exposition

Question 21

where the author introduces the characters, identifies where the story is happening, and establishes the main conflict

Answer 21

Exposition

Question 22

this event occurs as you begin to move throughout the story

Answer 22

Rising Action

Question 23

where conflicts start to build

Answer 23

Rising Action

Question 24

most exciting part of a short story

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Climax

Question 25

part in the story when important decisions are made or important things are discovered

Answer 25

Climax

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occurs after the climax as the problems in the story start to work themselves out

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Falling Action

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excitement becomes less and less as the conflict is resolved

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Falling Action

Question 28

solution to the problem in a story

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Resolution

Question 29

The solution may not be what you hoped for but as long as it fits the story in tone and theme, the conflict has been resolved

Answer 29

Resolution

Question 30

Every story needs to have a problem and this problem

Answer 30

Conflict

Question 31

The main character, also called the protagonist, needs to have someone or something to challenge him.

Answer 31

Conflict

Question 32

Without ?, the story will not go anywhere and will not be very interesting to the readers

Answer 32

Conflict

Question 33

FOUR TYPES OF CONFLICT

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man versus man, nature, himself, or society

Question 34

central idea in a short story and a general truth

Answer 34

Theme

Question 35

considered as the author’s message to the readers

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Theme

Question 36

the way the story is told or narrated

Answer 36

Point of View

Question 37

known as the vantage point that a writer uses to narrate the story

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Point of View

Question 38

TYPES OF POINT OF VIEW IN A SHORT STORY

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First Person, Limited Third Person, Omniscient Third Person

Question 39

the narrator participates in and tells the story using the pronoun ‘I’.

Answer 39

First Person

Question 40

the narrator is not in the story and narrates using the pronouns ‘she’ or ‘he’.

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Limited Third Person

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narrator is unable to see into the minds of the characters

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Limited Third Person

Question 42

narrator is not in the story and tells the story using the pronouns ‘she’ or ‘he’

Answer 42

Omniscient Third Person

Question 43

the narrator can tell the thoughts of the characters as he can see into their minds

Answer 43

Omniscient Third Person