Short Story Terms
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100
This is the term for the most important character in a short story, who changes and grows over the course of the plot.
What is the protagonist?
100
Identify the literary device used in the following example: "With a crash, the window shattered into tiny pieces."
What is onomatopoeia?
100
When you think of a paragraph as a hamburger, what part of the burger should contain your last and most convincing supporting detail?
The 'meat' or fourth sentence.
100
This is the most commonly purchased chocolate bar in North America.
Snickers
100
What did Justin Bieber do last Monday that cost him thousands of Twitter followers?
He cut his hair.
200
This is the name for the kind of conflict that might include a person caught in a storm or a fight with a wild animal.
What is person vs. nature conflict?
200
Name the literary device found in the following example: "The trees in the forest seemed to be reaching for the sunlight."
What is personification?
200
What is the proper term for the first sentence of a paragraph that introduces what the paragraph will be about?
The topic sentence.
200
Coca-Cola was not dyed brown until many years after the soda was invented. It was originally this colour.
Green
200
Christchurch, a city in this country, experienced an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale last week.
New Zealand
300
This is the part of the plot where the writer introduces the characters and establishes where the story will take place.
What is the exposition?
300
Name the literary device used in the following example: "When he heard the late bell, he sprinted like a track star."
What is a simile?
300
What is the proper term for words like 'firstly', 'secondly', and 'thirdly'?
Transition words.
300
A full grown elephant is equal to the weight of just the tongue of this massive mammal.
The blue whale.
300
This popular Canadian restaurant change has recently opened up a store in London, England.
Tim Hortons.
400
This the term for the moral of the story or the main idea the author/creator wants to leave with the reader/audience.
What is the theme?
400
Name the literary device used in the following example: The butcher shop is owned by a group of vegan farmers who only eat raw vegetables.
What is irony?
400
What is the term for the type of paragraph that gives readers a basic understanding of what happened in a book, movie, article, TV show, etc.
A summary paragraph.
400
This common household pet is a common meal for people living in Bolivia and Peru.
The guinea pig.
400
These living things, originating from Canada, are on their way home this week after spending one year in space.
What are spruce sapplings? (Baby trees)
500
This is the term for the part of the plot where all the conflicts have been resolved and the characters' lives are starting to return to normal.
What is the falling action?
500
Name the literary device used in the following example: "Mr. Smith is a strict teacher. He's known as The Terminator of the second floor."
What is an allusion?
500
What sentence in a paragraph should NOT contain any new information?
The concluding sentence (bottom bun).
500
A particular episode of this cartoon show has been known to cause viewers to suffer seizures.
Pokemon.
500
Scientists announced this week that their experiments on mice have resulted in a cure for this non-life threatening physical problem.
What is hair loss (balding)?
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