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Types of Characters
Short Stories A
Terminology
Short Stories B
Elements of Plot
100
Character who the reader knows little about
What is a flat character?
100
The protagonist in "The Landlady"
Who is Billy Weaver?
100
Comparing two things directly
What is a metaphor?
100
The type of character Marc Girondin is - static or dynamic - in the story "The Street that got Mislaid"
What is dynamic?
100
When the reader first learns about the characters and setting
What is the introduction?
200
A character who does not change throughout the story.
What is a static character?
200
The ending for "The Veldt" is which type of ending
What is an indeterminate or cliffhanger ending?
200
The attitude of the reader towards the subject; the general mood of the text
What is tone?
200
Herbert's death at the end of "The Monkey's Paw" is which type of irony
What is situational irony?
200
When the conflict is revealed to the reader
What is the initial incident?
300
A character who has traits that are expected like a "fairy god mother"
What is a stereotypical or stock character?
300
The sub-genre for "The Monkey's Paw"
What is suspense or horror?
300
Comparing two things indirectly by saying one thing is like another
What is a simile?
300
One of the themes of "The Veldt"
What is technology OR family OR deception?
300
The point of highest action or intensity in a story
What is the climax?
400
A character that the readers knows a lot about.
What is a complex or round character?
400
The point of view that "The Tell-Tale Heart" is told from
What is first person narration?
400
The main idea
What is theme?
400
Antagonist in "The Tell-Tale Heart"
What is the vulture eye?
400
Events leading to the highest point of action
What is the rising action?
500
A character who undergoes a change from the beginning to the end of the story
What is a dynamic character?
500
Guilt is the major theme of this story
What is The Tell-Tale Heart?
500
When a character remembers events that occurred outside of the story
What is a flashback?
500
The type of conflict in "The Landlady"
What is character vs character?
500
When the conflict of the story is resolved
What is the resolution?