Literary Terms
Characters
Our Short Stories
Vocabulary
Random
100
It is the statement about life that the author makes in a short story
What is the theme?
100
This character was in the Yukon in the Gold Rush days.
Who is "the man" with no name?
100
This is the story that the setting was in a barber shop.
What is Lather and Nothing Else?
100
This describes the time and place of a story and sometimes sets the mood.
What is setting?
100
This is the order of events in a story.
What is plot?
200
It is when a character is conflict with another character
What is man versus man?
200
This character had a son that was in the hospital and she was waiting for a phone call.
Who is "the mom" with no name?
200
This story's theme was that war dehumanizes people.
What is "The Sniper"?
200
This is the point where you know what is going to happen to the protagonist.
What is the climax?
200
"Big"and "Large", "Fast" and "Quick" are examples of this. It is when two words have identical or similar meanings
What is a synonym?
300
It is when the author describes the feelings and thoughts of only one character?
What is Third Person Limited?
300
This character had an internal struggle whether or not to kill the general.
Who is "The Barber"?
300
This story's climax was were the phone rang.
What is "Stains"?
300
This is a struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
300
This is the main character in the story, not necessarily the "good guy".
What is the protagonist?
400
It the place in plot where the author describes the setting, introduces characters and gives necessary background information.
What is the exposition?
400
This character carried out a well thought out plan to murder his enemy who insulted him.
Who is Montressor?
400
This story's theme could be nature is indifferent to human existence and struggle.
What is "To Build a Fire"?
400
Bob Barnes says to Bob Smith, "Bob, that's a dumb name". This is an example of what?
What is verbal irony?
400
This provides the basic conflict in the story.
What is the initial incident?
500
It is where the author shows things that reveal the personality of a character. There are five different methods of doing this - STEAL.
What is indirect characterization?
500
This character was dressed as a jester and was not fortunate at all.
Who is Fortunato?
500
This story had a theme about just being yourself, don't try to be like someone else.
What is Ön the Bridge"?
500
This type of character stays the same throughout a story.
What is Static Character?
500
Theme, plot, setting and character are all these.
What is the major elements of a short story?
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