Short Stories Unit Test

Question 1

5 Stages of Effective Readers

Answer 1

1. make predictions
2. make connections
3. ask questions
4. visualize
5. know your purpose

Question 2

Characterization

Answer 2

The way in which an author reveals the evolution, change and development of a character in a story.

Question 3

Foreshadowing

Answer 3

Hints/clues given by the author about what may happen later in the story.

Question 4

Flashback

Answer 4

Occurs when the author goes back to events of the past, to help the reader understand the present.

Question 5

Pathos

Answer 5

When the author stimulates pity or sympathy in the reader for a character.

Question 6

Suspense

Answer 6

The feeling and/or condition of uncertainty about the outcome of a conflict.

Question 7

Symbol

Answer 7

A concrete object representing an abstract idea.

Question 8

Setting

Answer 8

The time, place, and atmosphere in which a story occurs

• includes sensory details (words that appeal to senses)
• includes figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification)

Question 9

Characters

Answer 9

the people in the story

Question 10

Protagonist

Answer 10

character around whom the story is written (hero)

Question 11

Antagonist

Answer 11

Character who stands in the way of the protagonist (villain)

Question 12

Types of Characterization

Answer 12

we get to know the character through:

• physical description
• speech and actions of the character
• direct comments from the narrator
• speech and actions of other characters

Question 13

Plot

Answer 13

The event/actions in a story

Question 14

Conflict

Answer 14

the struggle between two opposing forces

Question 15

Types of Conflict

Answer 15

man vs man
man vs himself
man vs nature

Question 16

Man Vs. Man

Answer 16

an external struggle between two or more individuals

Question 17

Man Vs. Himself

Answer 17

an internal struggle concerning emotion and decision

Question 18

Man Vs. Nature

Answer 18

an external struggle between man and an element of nature

Question 19

Elements of Plot

Answer 19

introduction
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution/conclusion

Question 20

Introduction

Answer 20

gives any necessary information and introduces the main characters; usually provides the setting in time and place and can suggest theme

Question 21

Rising Action

Answer 21

the major portion of the plot

the events in the rising action lead to a series of crises where the hero must make a decision

Question 22

Climax

Answer 22

the turning point of a story; the emotional high point

Question 23

Falling Action

Answer 23

the events that lead to resolution

Question 24

Resolution/Conclusion

Answer 24

the outcome of the conflict

Question 25

Theme

Answer 25

the main idea or message of a story

Question 26

Point of View

Answer 26

how the story gets told; every story has someone telling it

Question 27

Simile

Answer 27

a figure of speech that compares two dissimilar things by using "like" or "as" "her feet were as cold as ice"

Question 28

Metaphor

Answer 28

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things describing one as if it were the other -do not use like or as "my brothers room is a pigpen"

Question 29

Personification

Answer 29

a figure of speech in which human abilities are given to a non-human object "the feathers tickled my face"

Question 30

Verb

Answer 30

-action or state -to, be, have,do, like, sing, can, must "Reading is fun. I LIKE reading"

Question 31

Noun

Answer 31

- person, place, or thing. | - pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher..

Question 32

Adjective

Answer 32

-describes a noun -some, good, interesting, good, red, well... "my dog is BIG, i like BIG dogs."

Question 33

Adverb

Answer 33

-describes a verb, adjective, or adverb -quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really... "my dog eats QUICKLY when he is VERY hungry"

Question 34

Pronoun

Answer 34

-replaces a noun -you, I, she, he, them, they, her,him, them.... "Tara is from india, SHE is very beautiful"

Question 35

Conjunction

Answer 35

-Joins clauses or sentences or words -and, but, when "I like dogs AND cats. I like cats AND dogs. I like dogs BUT I don't like cats"

Question 36

Interjection

Answer 36

-short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence. | "Ouch! Hi! Well, Oh!"

Question 37

Comma Splice Errors

Answer 37

occur when two closely related but independent sentences are joined by a comma Comma splice error ex: the house stood empty for months, no one would by it. can be fixed with a compound sentence, semicolon, or period FIXED C.S: the house stood empty for months. No one would buy it

Question 38

Correct This Comma Splice Error: | The patient was sent home, nothing more could be done

Answer 38

The patient was sent home. Nothing more could be done. The patient was sent home; nothing more could be done. The patient was sent home, but nothing more can be done.

Question 39

Correct This Comma Splice Error: | The convention ended on Saturday, we can return to work Friday.

Answer 39

The convention ended on Saturday. We can return to work Friday. The convention ended on Saturday; we can return to work Friday. The convention ended on Saturday, but we can return to work Friday.

Question 40

Sentence Fragments

Answer 40

is a phrase or clause that might look like a sentence, but does not express a complete thought. -missing a verb or subject of the sentence S.F Ex: Just before eating. Correction S.F: Just before eating, he phones his girlfriend

Question 41

Correct This Sentence Fragment: | "stop"

Answer 41

You should stop running in the halls

Question 42

Correct This Sentence Fragment: | "Clyde refused"

Answer 42

Clyde refused to believe he was wrong

Question 43

Correct This Sentence Fragment: | To be a member of the Royal Ontario Museum expedition to Costa Rica

Answer 43

You have to have your vaccine to be a member of the R.O.M expedition to Costa Rica

Question 44

Run-on Sentences

Answer 44

has two or more complete thoughts/independent clauses which run together without proper punctuation can be corrected by by making one large sentence into smaller sentences or rewrite the sentences using proper punctuation Example of run-on: we only have a day until the big dance I dont have my dress dry-cleaned yet and that will take at least a day Correction: we only have one day till the big dance. I don't have my dress dry-cleaned yet. That will at least take a day.

Question 45

Correct This Run-On Sentence: | "Justine plays hockey she plays for a team that tours Canada"

Answer 45

Justine plays hockey, she plays for a team that tours Canada. Justine plays hockey. She plays for a team that tours Canada.

Question 46

Correct This Run-On Sentence: | "City costs are too expensive for most people the cost is discouraging."

Answer 46

City costs are too expensive, for most people the cost is discouraging. City costs are too expensive. For most people the cost is discouraging.