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Short Story Quiz
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Up the Slide | Jack London |
| A Retreieved Reformation | O. Henry |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Raymond's Run | Tomi Cade Bambara |
| A Ribbon for Baldy | Jesse Stuart |
| The White Umbrella | Gish Jen |
| The Day I got Lost | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| Hamadi | Naomi Shihab Nye |
| The Finish of Patsy Barnes | Paul Lawrence Dunbar |
| Tears of Autumn | Yoshiko Uchida |
| Thank You Ma'am | Langston Hughes |
| The Story Teller | Saki |
| The Medicine Bag | Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve |
| Charles | Shirley Jackson |
| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel keyes |
| The Secret | Arthur C. Clarke |
| a short fictional prose narrative | short story |
| the series of related events that make up a story | plot |
| tells us who the characters are and what their conflict is | introduction or exposition |
| rhe most exciting moment of the story, when the outcome must be decided one way or another | climax |
| the final part of the story, where the conflict is solved | resolution |
| the imaginary ppl, animals, or other beings that take part in the action | characters |
| the vantage point at which a story is told | point of veiw |
| the narrarator, involved in the action, refers to him/herself as "i" | first person |
| the narrarator, outside the action, refers to the character as "he or "she" | third person |
| the narraratot knows all characters' thoughts | omniscient third person |
| theworld a short story evokes | setting |
| an insight into life that it offers diredtly or indirectly the major idea or underlying message that a literary work cmmunicates | theme |
| the uncertainty oe anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next | suspense |
| to create this, writers mighe withold info from readers or intor. unusual or mysterious circumstances | mystery |
| occcurs when a character is in jeopardy or must make a difficult choice between two coursees of action | dilemma |
| a sudden change in a character's situation from good to bad or bad to good | reversal |
| a struggle between opposing forces | conflict |
| a character opposes against some outside force | external conflict |
| the conflict takes place within the mind of the character | internal conflict |
| is "told "in the story" | stated theme |
| themes that appear over and over again in works from different cultures | recurring themes |
| what a story is about | subject |
| a onclusion that is unexpected | surprise ending |
| general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions | irony |
| important character in a story | major characters |
| play a smaller role in a story, but is neccessary for the story to develop | minor character |
| events build toward the high point or climax | rising action |
| the events that follow the climax | falling action |
| a person, palce or thing that, in addition to it's literal meaning, has other layer of meaning | symbol |
| the hero of a story | protagonist |
| the villian, or the one who tries to keep the hero from getting what he wants | antagonist |
| the act of creating and developing a character | characterization |
| the authors use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story | foreshadowing |
| what are the 4 elements of suspense? | foreshadowing, mystery, dilemma, reversal |
| one who changes or grows during the course of the work | dynamic character |
| one who does not change | static character |
| is often one-sided and and stereotypical | flat character |
| is fully developed and exhibitsmany traits | round character |
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KLS