Short Stories

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

An arrangement of events in a story or narrative. The series of related events move the story forward.

Question 2

Exposition

Answer 2

introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

Question 3

Rising Action

Answer 3

part of the plot that builds momentum and develops the major conflict

Question 4

Climax

Answer 4

the high point of action, the turning point, when the climax comes to a head

Question 5

Falling Action

Answer 5

the plot/characters respond to the events of the climax

Question 6

Resolution

Answer 6

the plot reaches a satisfactory ending

Question 7

character

Answer 7

a person, animal, or any other thing with a personality that appears in a story

Question 8

protagonist

Answer 8

main character around whom story revolves, the character who faces the conflict, he/she may be good or bad, heroic or not heroic.

Question 9

antagonist

Answer 9

the primary character or force who acts to oppose the protagonist

Question 10

static

Answer 10

unchanging

Question 11

dynamic

Answer 11

evolving

Question 12

round

Answer 12

well-developed

Question 13

flat

Answer 13

stock/stereotypical

Question 14

characterization

Answer 14

the methods that a writer uses to help develop characters

Question 15

what are the five characterization methods?

Answer 15

1. describe physical appearance
2. provide the character’s actions
3. provide the character’s conversations
4. provide other character’s thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions toward the character
5. make a direct statement about the character

Question 16

setting

Answer 16

the time and place where the action of the story or narrative occurs

Question 17

theme

Answer 17

the main idea or the underlying meaning in a literary work

Question 18

conflict

Answer 18

the struggle between opposing forces

Question 19

man vs. man

Answer 19

the main character/protagonist deals with a conflict created by another person

Question 20

man vs. nature

Answer 20

the main character/protagonist deals with a conflict created by the natural world, elements of nature, etc.

Question 21

man vs. himself

Answer 21

the main character/protagonist deals with a problem created by himself, his conscience, his beliefs, his morals, his fears, etc.

Question 22

man vs. society

Answer 22

the main character/protagonist deals with a conflict created by his society, group, surroundings, or family

Question 23

irony

Answer 23

the contrast between appearance and reality

Question 24

verbal irony

Answer 24

the contrast between what is said and what is meant or saying something but meaning the opposite

Question 25

situational irony

Answer 25

the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs-the surprise ending

Question 26

dramatic irony

Answer 26

the contrast between what the characters believe is true and what the readers/audience knows to be true

Question 27

point of view

Answer 27

the vantage part from which the story is told

Question 28

tone

Answer 28

the attitude that the writer displays toward the subject, the characters, or the readers

Question 29

inference

Answer 29

a logical assumption based on previous knowledge or on details from the text

Question 30

symbol

Answer 30

a concrete object that represents an abstract idea

Question 31

allusion

Answer 31

reference to another literary work, art, real events or people, historical events

Question 32

imagery

Answer 32

descriptive writing that creates a vivid picture, usually through the use of sensory details

Question 33

What are the four elements of fiction?

Answer 33

plot, character, setting, and theme.