Test: Short Story Elements - 20 Questions

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5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. Setting
  2. 1st Person Narrator
  3. Primary Character
  4. Exposition
  5. Simile
  1. a The time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which a situation occurs
  2. b The introduction to the story, characters, setting, and conflict
  3. c A story told from the main character's perspective. "I"
  4. d Comparing two objects to one another using the words like or as.
  5. e The central or main character of the story

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. The most intense moment or turning point of the story
  2. Not the main character of the story--the story may or may not exist without them
  3. A feeling, emotional state, or disposition of mind--especially the predominating atmosphere or tone of a literary work.
  4. Comparing two objects to one another saying that one object is the other.
  5. A struggle or problem within the story

5 True/False Question

  1. Oxymoron → A contradiction of terms. Jumbo Shrimp!

          

  2. Idiom → An exaggerated expression that is not easily translated--such as "Break a leg!!!"

          

  3. Internal Conflict → The struggle with the outside world or forces

          

  4. Falling Action → The action that leads up to the climax

          

  5. Style/Tone → The author's words and the characteristic way that writer uses the language to achieve certain effects.

          

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