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Realistic Short Stories
Plot
Conflict & Resolution
Characterization
ACE
100

Under which broader genre type do realistic short stories fall?

Fiction

100

Plots center around what?

Conflict

100

If one struggles with a sense of guilt or remorse, one is experiencing which type of conflict?

Internal

100

Physical descriptions are examples of what type of characterization?

Direct

100

What key pieces of information must be included in the "A" portion of ACE, besides an answer?

Title

Author

Genre

Publication date

200

Name one of two purposes an author generally has for realistic short stories.

1. To Entertain

2. To Express Insight About Life

200

What are the three elements of an exposition?

Introduction of setting, characters, and conflict.

200

If one has a physical altercation with another, this can best be described as what type of conflict?

External or man vs. man

200

Indirect characterization is revealed through a character's ______ and _______.

Words/thoughts (What they say)

Actions (What they do)

200

A writer must provide ________ in front of a quote, to explain how the quote relates to a text.

Context

300

What is true about settings in realistic short stories?

They are realistic, and may even be real places.

300
Anxious curiosity about the fates of characters is best known as what?

Suspense

300

During rising action, what generally happens to the conflict within a story?

It complicates or worsens.

300

When analyzing indirect characterization, readers must __________.

Make an inference

300

Using a direct quote means what?

Taking and using the author's words exactly as they are written.

400

__________ in realistic short stories are like those people face in real life.

Conflicts or problems

400

When an author drops hints as to later events, he or she is using what?

Foreshadowing

400

Which character generally creates conflict in a story?

The antagonist

400

The character that generally resolves the story's conflict is the _________.

Protagonist

400
The explanation in an ACE connects ______ to ______.

citation (quote) to answer

500

What literary element is used to generate a sense of curiosity or feelings of suspense in realistic short stories?

Foreshadowing

500
Generally speaking, which part of a story's plot involves the most events?

Rising action

500

With an internal conflict, what may be true about the protagonist?

He or she is also the antagonist.

500

Nervousness, guilt, remorse, feeling torn or conflicted, is often evidence of a character's _______. 

Internal Conflict

500

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Essential Questions & ACE

Why would an ACE response be better and more effective than a simple yes or no, when asked to consider the unit's essential question? Be specific.