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    Elements of Short Stories Quiz

    1. The time and location in which a story takes place is called the ____________________

    2. Certain aspects of this are: Place, __________, weather conditions, social conditions, or mood or

    atmosphere.

    3. The __________is how the author arranges events to develop his basic idea; It is the sequence of events

    in a story or play.

    4. _______________ The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is revealed.

    5. _______________ This is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story

    is revealed (events between the introduction and climax).

    6. ________________ This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story. The reader

    wonders what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not?

    7. ________________ The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what

    has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not (events between climax and denouement).

    8. ________________ This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.

    9. _________________ The opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the story

    move.

    10. There are two types of this: ________________ - A struggle with a force outside one's self.

    11. _________________ A struggle within one's self; a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet

    their temper, resist an urge, etc.

    12. There are four kinds::

    _________________ (physical) - The leading character struggles with his physical strength against other

    men, forces of nature, or animals.

    13. _________________ (classical) - The leading character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of life

    facing him/her.

    14. _________________ (social) - The leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other

    people.
    15. _________________ (psychological) - The leading character struggles with himself/herself; with his/her

    own soul, ideas of right or wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc.

    16. One character is clearly central to the story with all major events having some importance to this

    character - he/she is the __________________________.

    17. The opposer of the main character is called the _________________________________.

    Characters are one of three types:

    18. ____________________________ round, many sided and complex personalities.

    19. ______________________________dynamic, many sided personalities that change, for better or worse, by the

    end of the story.

    20. ______________________________Static - Stereotype, have one or two characteristics that never change and

    are emphasized e.g. brilliant detective, drunk, scrooge, cruel stepmother, etc.

    21. ______________________________________is defined as the angle from which the story is told.

    22. __________________________________ The story is told through the eyes of a child (his/her judgment being

    different from that of an adult).

    23. _____________________________________ - The story is told so that the reader feels as if they are inside the

    head of one character and knows all their thoughts and reactions.

    24. _______________________________________- The story is told by the protagonist or one of the characters who

    interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters (using pronouns I, me, we, etc). The reader

    sees the story through this person's eyes as he/she experiences it and only knows what he/she

    knows or feels.

    25. __________________________________-- The author can narrate the story using the omniscient point of

    view. He can move from character to character, event to event, having free access to the thoughts,

    feelings and motivations of his characters and he introduces information where and when he

    chooses.

    26. The ____________________ in a piece of fiction is its controlling idea or its central insight. It is the author's

    underlying meaning or main idea that he is trying to convey

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