Short Story Elements Unit Test- Review

Match the plot point to the appropriate plot element from "The Lady or the Tiger."

Exposition

• The princess points to the door that her lover should open, and he opens it.

• . The story ends at its climax; there is no falling action.

• The story ends at its climax; there is no resolution.

• Setting: olden times, the past Place king's arena Main Characters: King, princess, her lover Mood: tense, suspenseful

• The king does not approve of his daughter's love affair, so he puts her lover on trial which will result in him being killed by a tiger or married to another woman.

Match the plot point to the appropriate plot element from "The Lady or the Tiger."

Rising Action

• The princess points to the door that her lover should open, and he opens it.

• . The story ends at its climax; there is no falling action.

• The story ends at its climax; there is no resolution.

• Setting: olden times, the past Place king's arena Main Characters: King, princess, her lover Mood: tense, suspenseful

• The king does not approve of his daughter's love affair, so he puts her lover on trial which will result in him being killed by a tiger or married to another woman.

Match the plot point to the appropriate plot element from "The Lady or the Tiger."

Climax

• The princess points to the door that her lover should open, and he opens it.

• . The story ends at its climax; there is no falling action.

• The story ends at its climax; there is no resolution.

• Setting: olden times, the past Place king's arena Main Characters: King, princess, her lover Mood: tense, suspenseful

• The king does not approve of his daughter's love affair, so he puts her lover on trial which will result in him being killed by a tiger or married to another woman.

Match the plot point to the appropriate plot element from "The Lady or the Tiger."

Falling Action

• The princess points to the door that her lover should open, and he opens it.

• . The story ends at its climax; there is no falling action.

• The story ends at its climax; there is no resolution.

• Setting: olden times, the past Place king's arena Main Characters: King, princess, her lover Mood: tense, suspenseful

• The king does not approve of his daughter's love affair, so he puts her lover on trial which will result in him being killed by a tiger or married to another woman.

Match the plot point to the appropriate plot element from "The Lady or the Tiger."

Resolution

• The princess points to the door that her lover should open, and he opens it.

• . The story ends at its climax; there is no falling action.

• The story ends at its climax; there is no resolution.

• Setting: olden times, the past Place king's arena Main Characters: King, princess, her lover Mood: tense, suspenseful

• The king does not approve of his daughter's love affair, so he puts her lover on trial which will result in him being killed by a tiger or married to another woman.

Someday he would marry Laura. Someday he would marry her, and they would have a lot of kids, and then they would get out of the neighborhood. They would move to a clean project in the Bronx, or maybe they would move to Staten Island. When they were married, when they had kids.

Read the excerpt below from "On the Sidewalk Bleeding."

• Someday he would marry Laura.

• They will move to Staten Island.

• They will marry and move to a clean project or the Bronx.

• He and Laura will marry someday and have lots of kids. They will get out of their current neighborhood and move somewhere clean like the Bronx or Staten Island.

In "The Lady or the Tiger" the princess must decide which door her lover should choose. This is an example of

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

When the rival gangs in "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" rumble in the streets this is an example of

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

When Andy thinks, "It seemed very important to him that he take off the purple jacket. He was very close to dying, and when they found him, he did not want them to say, "Oh, it's a Royal." This is an example of

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

The type of Irony that the outcome of the event was the opposite of what was expected.?

• situational

• verbal

• dramatic