Short Story Elements
Character and Conflict
Point of View
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
100

The most exciting part or the highest point of interest in a story.

What is the climax

100

A character who changes throughout the course of a story is known as a _______________.

What is a dynamic character

100

Increasing your workload is difficult on both your physical and mental health. Unless you are physically active at your job, your body is wasting away while you are working. Additionally, your diet also suffers as you spend more time at work. No longer do you have the time to prepare healthy meals at home or even worse, you may not have time to eat at all.

What is second person narration

100

This type of literary device is an account of a conversation or action that happened before the beginning of the story or at an earlier point. It can reveal character, explain a conflict, or enrich a plot.

What is a flashback

100

out of the usual, incredible

What is extraordinary

200

The part of the plot that concludes the falling action and reveals or suggests the outcome of the conflict.

What is the resolution.

200

A character who is predictable and does not change throughout the course of a story is a __________________.

What is a static character

200

It is funny that my trip has ended by being such a fast trip around the world. I find myself referred to now as one of the speediest travelers of all times. Speed wasn’t at all what I had in mind when I started out. On the contrary, if all had gone the way I had hoped, I would still be happily floating around in my balloon, drifting anywhere the wind cared to carry me—East, West, North or South. (From The Twenty-One Balloons)

What is first person narration

200

_____________ is a technique of hinting about events that will occur later in a story.

What is foreshadowing

200

A comfort

What is a consolation

300

The life lesson or view of life presented in a story

What is the theme

300

Who is the protagonist in the story "On the Bridge"?

Who is Seth Dawson

300
One of the soldiers, the taller one, moved toward her. Annemarie recognized him as the one she and Ellen always called, in whispers, “the Giraffe” because of his height and the long neck that extended from his stiff collar. He and his partner were always on this corner. He prodded the corner of her backpack with the stock of his rifle. Annemarie trembled. “What is in here?” he asked loudly. From the corner of her eye, she saw the shopkeeper move quietly back into the shadows of the doorway, out of sight. “Schoolbooks,” she answered truthfully. (Number the Stars)
What is third person narration
300

What literary device is being used in the following sentence: The water skipped and danced across the stones.

What is personification

300

tending to or trying to avoid

What is evade

400

The part of the plot that introduces the setting and characters

What is the exposition

400

What is the role of the antagonist in a story?

What is to be in direct conflict with the protagonist.

400
He himself was a very old man with shaggy white hair which grew over most of his face as well as on his head, and they liked him almost at once, but on the first evening when he came to meet them at the front door he was so odd-looking that Lucy (who was the youngest) was a little afraid of him, and Edmund (who was the next youngest) wanted to laugh and had to keep on pretending he was blowing his nose to hide it. (From The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe)
What is third person narration
400

What is being personified in the following sentence: The tornado showed the city unexpected compassion by passing north of it.

What is the tornado

400

having the ability to anticipate the future and prepare for it

What is foresight

500

The part of the plot that introduces the conflict in the story

What is the rising action

500

Name the type of conflict in the following example: In the film Shrek, the protagonist, a very sweet but physically unattractive ogre, fights to change the kingdom’s mind about ogres. He wants the other characters to see that ogres aren’t all bad!

What is person vs. society

500
"Hi, Mr. Tushman, it's so nice to see you again," said Mom. "This is my son, August." Mr. Tushman looked right at me and smiled and nodded. He put his hand out for me to shake. "Hi, August," he said, totally normally. "It's a pleasure to meet you." "Hi," I mumbled, dropping my hand into his hand while I looked down at his feet. He was wearing red Adidas.
What is first person narration
500

In "The Last Dog," this literary device is used on several occasions to show how the other dome dwellers reacted to Brock's desire to go outside the dome in the past.

What is a flashback

500

in a clever manner that is meant to trick or deceive

What is cunningly

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