Vocabulary
History of the Short Story
Elements of the Short Story
Authors
Short Stories
100
This word is a noun meaning an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building.
What is vestibule
100
This is the place where the short story was created.
What is the United States of America.
100
This is the turning point in the story.
What is climax
100
This is the author of the short story "Charles".
Who is Shirley Jackson
100
"Charles" is really who in the short story "Charles".
Who is Laurie.
200
This is an adjective meaning unhappy; utterly wretched.
What is desolated.
200
This is when the short story was created.
What is after the American Revolution.
200
this is the time, place, and conditions of the story.
What is setting.
200
This is the author of the short story "Moustache".
Who is Robert Cormier.
200
These are the two main characters in the short story "The Moustache".
Who are Mike and his grandmother.
300
This is a noun meaning money, goods, estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
What is a dowry.
300
This is the man that is credited with being the founder of the short story.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe.
300
There are usually only one or two of these in a short story.
What is characters
300
This is what the author of "The Moustache" liked to write about.
What is problems facing young people.
300
This is what Mr. Loisel brought home in the envelope.
What is an invitation to a ball.
400
This is a noun meaning a large, deep covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
What is tureen.
400
These are the three things that creator of the short story said short stories should be or have.
What is fictional, brief, and unity of impression.
400
This is the action or the events of the story.
What is plot
400
The author of the short story "Charles" modeled Laurie after her what?
Who is her oldest child.
400
This is the reaction Mathilde had to what was in the envelope in the short story "The Necklace".
What is annoyed.
500
This is a noun meaning great misfortune or disaster.
What is calamity.
500
These are two reasons that the short story became popular.
What is the short story was realistic, middle class could relate to it, and the short story was short enough that people could read it during their limited leisure time.
500
This is the building up of interest.
What is suspense
500
Two part question: This is the author of the short story "The Necklace" and he had a what that allowed him to remember events in great detail.
What is Guy de Maupaussant and photographic memory.
500
This is the climax in the short story "The Moustache".
What is when Mike forgives his grandmother.