Short Story Quiz

94487435	Plot	sequence of events in a story
94487436	Foreshadowing	the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a story
94487437	Flashback	insertion of earlier events into a story
94487439	Exposition	introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation
94487440	Rising Action	events leading up to the climax
94487441	Climax	the highest point of intensity in a story or play
94487442	Conflict	opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
94487443	Falling Action	events after the climax, leading to the resolution
94487444	Resolution	end of the story where loose ends are tied up
94487445	Physical Antagonist	a living, breathing character in a novel that is standing in the way of the protagonist achieving his or her goal
94487446	Direct Characterization	the writer tells us directly what a character's personality is like
94487447	Indirect Characterization	telling what the character is like through actions, dialogue, or thoughts
94487448	Protagonist	the main character in a work of fiction
94487450	First Person Point of View	a form of storytelling in which a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself using pronouns like 'I' or 'me'.
94487453	Point of View	the perspective from which a story is told
94487454	Setting	where and when the story takes place
94487455	Theme	The main idea or meaning of a text. Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work
94487456	Dialogue	When two characters are speaking.
94487457	Past tense	a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
94487458	Present tense	a verb tense that expresses actions or words at the current time
94551059	Third Person Point of View	a form of storytelling in which the narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears, using pronouns like 'she' or 'he'
94551060	Personification	A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea.
94551061	Abstract Antagonist	an idea, illness, or group of people that is standing in the way of the protagonist achieving his or her goal
94551062	Inference	making a logical guess