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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is a short story?
the people or animals in the story
a short work of fictional prose with a fully developed theme that focuses more on character than plot.
a fictional prose narrative of considerable length
a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have repeated rhythm and sometimes rhymes.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is a novel?
the people or animals in the story
a short work of fictional prose with a fully developed theme that focuses more on character than plot.
a fictional prose narrative of considerable length
a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have repeated rhythm and sometimes rhymes.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a poem?
the people or animals in the story
a short work of fictional prose with a fully developed theme that focuses more on character than plot.
a fictional prose narrative of considerable length
a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have repeated rhythm and sometimes rhymes.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is genre?
A category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content.
a short work of fictional prose with a fully developed theme that focuses more on character than plot.
a fictional prose narrative of considerable length
a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have repeated rhythm and sometimes rhymes.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is direct characterization?
the author INDIRECTLY tells you about a character with clues
the main character in a story
the author DIRECTLY tells you what a character is like
a character who changes during the story
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is indirect characterization?
the author INDIRECTLY tells you about a character with clues
the main character in a story
the author DIRECTLY tells you what a character is like
a character who changes during the story
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is a dynamic character?
the author INDIRECTLY tells you about a character with clues
the main character in a story
the author DIRECTLY tells you what a character is like
a character who changes during the story
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the protagonist?
the author INDIRECTLY tells you about a character with clues
the main character in a story
the author DIRECTLY tells you what a character is like
a character who changes during the story
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the antagonist?
the author INDIRECTLY tells you about a character with clues
the main character in a story
A character or force in conflict with the main character
a character who changes during the story
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is a static character?
A character who does NOT change during the story.
the main character in a story
A character or force in conflict with the main character
a character who changes during the story
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is setting?
the events in a story
the people or animals in the story
the problem in the story
where and when the story takes place
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is plot?
the events in a story
the people or animals in the story
the problem in the story
where and when the story takes place
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is conflict?
the events in a story
the people or animals in the story
the problem in the story
where and when the story takes place
- 14. Multiple Choice
What are characters?
the events in a story
the people or animals in the story
the problem in the story
where and when the story takes place
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is point of view?
the perspective from which a story is told
the sequence of events in a story
the problem or struggle in a story
the people or animals in the story
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is 1st person point of view?
when the narrator refers to one of the characters (or the reader) as "You"
narrator is NOT involved in the story; uses "he," "she," "they
The narrator is a character in the story. ( I, me, my, we, our )
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is 2nd person point of view?
when the narrator refers to one of the characters (or the reader) as "You"
narrator is NOT involved in the story; uses "he," "she," "they
The narrator is a character in the story. ( I, me, my, we, our )
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is 3rd person point of view?
when the narrator refers to one of the characters (or the reader) as "You"
narrator is NOT involved in the story; uses "he," "she," "they
The narrator is a character in the story. ( I, me, my, we, our )
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is theme?
the sequence of events in a story
the central idea or message of a story
the problem in the story
the people or animals in a story
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is a major character?
the author INDIRECTLY tells you about a character with clues
the main character in a story
a character who is needed for the story to take place
a character who changes during the story
- 21. Multiple Choice
What is a minor character?
a character who is NOT needed for the story to take place
the main character in a story
a character who is needed for the story to take place
a character who changes during the story
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is 3rd person LIMITED point of view?
narrator tells the story from the point of view of ONE character - uses 3rd person pronouns
narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe EVERY character’s thoughts and actions
main character tells his or her own story - uses 1st person pronouns
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is 3rd person OMNISCIENT point of view?
narrator tells the story from the point of view of ONE character - uses 3rd person pronouns
narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe EVERY character’s thoughts and actions
main character tells his or her own story - uses 1st person pronouns
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