Short Story Terms Review/Quiz

The point of view that doesn’t see into any character’s

thoughts:

• limited omniscient

• omniscient

• first person

• objective

The section of the story immediately following the

climax:

• opening situation

• rising action

• resolution

• falling action

The time and place of the story is referred to as:

• the atmosphere

• the setting

• the initial plot complication

• the plot

The main conflict in the story can be:

• between the protagonist & another character

• between the protagonist an external force

• an internal battle within the protagonist

• all of the above

The insight to life, revealed by the story is:

• theme

• conflict

• dilemma

• irony

A static character

• changes by the end of the story.

• changes at the turning point of the story.

• does not change.

• has an electric personality.

The theme of a story is

• the music that plays before the story starts.

• the central idea of the story.

• is how the story moves along.

• what drives the story forward.

A flat character is

• many-sided.

• not very funny.

• not very interesting.

• only one- or two-sided.

The central character of a story is:

• the antagonist

• the protagonist

• the narrator

• the hero of a story

In the first person point of view

• the narrator disappears into one of the

  characters.

• the author gives the reader his/her own point

  of view.

• the story is written using the pronouns

  “he”,”she” and “they” predominantly.

• we can see into the minds of all of the

  characters in the story.