Short Story
Short stories are usually written in?
What is prose?
Who is the protagonist in A&P
Who is Sammy?
What am I?
I have a beginning, middle, and end
What is plot?
What are the protagonist and antagonist in Bernice Bobs Her Hair?
Who are Bernice and Marjorie?
What am I?
a series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.
What is plot?
What am I?
A struggle between two people or things in a short story.
What is conflict?
What is the name of the manager in A&P
Who is Lengel?
Setting of the story is the _ and _ in which it happens.
What is time and place?
The 1920's was a time when youth acted in what way in regards to their behavior?
What is engaged in rebellious behavior?
Short stories usually focus on how many subjects or themes?
What are a single subject or theme?
Short stories usually focus on?
What is two main subjects?
How do we know that Queenie is rich?
What is she tells Lengel that he parents are rich?
How many characters do short stories typically focus on?
What is one or a couple characters?
Where did Bernice go to get her hair bobbed?
What is the barbershop?
Give me one example of a type of conflict.
What is either:
man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. the supernatural, man vs. himself?
In general, short stories tend to _, with little to _, and _
What is begin and end abruptly, no prior information, and no major lapses in time?
Girls vs. rules is an example of what type of conflict?
What is Man vs. society?
Authors often use descriptions of _, _, _, _, or _ to provide a strong sense of setting.
What are landscapes, scenery, buildings, seasons or weather?
Mrs. Harvey represents what in the short story?
Ex. young generation and very liberal views on women
What is the older generation and very traditional view on women?
Man vs. the supernatural is an example of?
What is conflict?
John Updike wrote mostly about?
What is middle-class Americans?
Short stories typically range from _ to _ words
What is 1,600 to 20,000 words?
What is Bernice Bobs Her Hair based on?
What is Fitzgerald's letters to his sister?
What am I?
Length, subject, setting, characters
What is Characteristics of a Short Story?