Short Story Test Review - 11/8/2022

Setting:

is the time and place in which events occur. Ideas, customs, values and beliefs can also be a part of the setting

Protagonist:

the central character in a literary work, main conflict revolves around them

Antagonist:

A person or force that opposes the protagonist (sometimes "bad guy")

First Person Point of View:

the narrator is in the story as a main character and serves as the narrator referring to himself/herself using the pronouns I, me and myself (etc)

Third Person Limited POV:

a 3rd person narration whereby the reader knows what at least 1 thinks, feels and does but NOT ALL of the characters

Third Person Omniscient POV:

The "all-knowing" 3rd person perspective whereby the reader knows what all the characters think, feel and do.

Third Person Objective:

3rd person narration whereby the narrator describes the action to the reader, but does not tell the reader what the characters think or feel

Setting is...

the time and place of the story's action

True or False? The resolution can never be implied:

false

True or False? The protagonist is the person in conflict with the main character:

false

Who is the antagonist in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

Fortunato

"The Gift of the Magi" was told in a third person objective point of view: True or False?

false (in third person limited omniscient, etc)

What is not an EXTERNAL conflict?

man vs. self

True or False: Tone and Mood are synonyms:

false (tone creates mood, etc)

Tone is...

the writer or speakers attitude

Situational irony and coincidence are basically the same thing: True or false?

false

Dramatic Irony is when the audience has important information that characters do NOT know: True or False?

True

When one person says one thing and means another, it is called:

verbal irony

the atmosphere created by the author in a literary work:

mood

the point of view in which the narrator uses words such as "me" and "I":

first person

the root "OMNI" means...

all

the central idea or message in a story that is taught by the author:

theme

True or False? In "The Leap," the author uses the literary technique of "flashback" to tell stories from the mothers past:

True

In "The Gift of the Magi," the conflict was primarily over love and marriage: True or False?

false

In "The Lady, or the Tiger?" which plot element is missing from the story?

Resolution

What incites or kicks off the rising action in a story?

Conflict

The rising action is the turning point or emotional high point of the story: True or false?

false

Theme:

The main lesson learned from a story (falls into categories, etc)

Conflict:

The problem/trouble of the story (different kinds, can be multiple, struggle between opposing forces, etc)

External Conflict:

Exists when a character struggles against an outside force

Internal Conflict:

A struggle between 2 opposing thoughts or desires within the mind of a character

Exposition:

characters, setting, place and time - start of plot (beginning, etc)

Rising Action:

The part of a plot in which actions, complications and plot twists lead up to the climax of a story

Climax:

turning point of the story, highest point (of plot diagram, etc)

Falling action:

In a narrative, the action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution.

Resolution:

Provides closure for the story (ending, after climax, etc)

Flashback:

a literary device in which an earlier episode, conversation, or event is inserted into the chronological sequence of a narrative (etc)

Mood:

is the feeling or atmosphere an author creates in a literary work

Situational Irony:

exists when the actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected

Verbal Irony:

a person says one thing and means another

Dramatic Irony:

occurs when the audience has important information that the characters do not know (usually in plays/musicals, etc)

Main point of plot diagram:

climax (highest point)

What does a claim paragraph include?

topic sentence, reason-evidence-explanation (x3), closing statement

What is after exposition and before rising actions on a plot diagram?

conflict

What gift did Della buy for Jim?

A (golden) watch chain

Did Della search many stores to find the perfect gift for Jim?

Yes

Did Vera lie at the end of "The Open Window" (when her family asked why Framton ran away)?

Yes (she said he was afraid of dogs but he really wasn't, etc)

Did the Lady have a thing for the lover (in "The Lady or the Tiger?")

Yes

Did the Princess have some semi-barbaric thoughts?

Yeah (like her father, so both have semi-barbaric thoughts possibly, etc)

How did Rainsford outsmart Zaroff (name 3)?

creating a hard path to follow (with his feet prints, etc), Malay man-catcher (used to catch/distract Zaroff, etc), hiding in swamp (death swamp, Zaroff told Rainsford not to go there, etc)

Setting Examples:

school, 5th period, Tuesday, Eagle River (etc)

9 ways to develop characterization:

what character does, what character says, what character thinks, what other characters do, what other characters think, what other characters say, setting, physical description, what author says about character (etc)

"The Open Window" POV:

Limited 3rd Person Omniscient

"The Open Window" conflict:

Framton talking to Vera. Vera lying

"The Open Window" resolution:

not really any

"The Open Window" climax:

The husband/brother/dog walk through (window/door, etc)

3 ways daughter owes mother her existence in "The Leap":

1. mom saved herself in trapeze fire, 2. hospital that brought daughters mom and dad together (moms trapeze fire accident caused the hospital visit, etc), 3. House fire (mom saved daughter).

Tone = mood by...

word choice, punctuation, dialogue, setting, etc

Verbal Irony in "The Cask of Amontillado" example:

when Montresor calls Fortunato his friend, when he doesn't actually mean that (etc)

Situational Irony in "The Cask of Amontillado" example:

when Fortunato thinks he's going to the wine cellar/catacombs for Amontillado (or to check for Amontillado, etc) but he's actually going there to be killed by Montresor (his expectations are different than reality, etc)

8 Most Popular Themes in Literature:

growing up, growing old, confronting forces of nature, inhumanity, escape, searching for a new life, power of money, war and social change

The Gift of Magi Theme (out of 8):

Power of money

The Open Window Theme (out of 8):

inhumanity (because Vera causes Framton to have a mental breakdown and tricks him and that is inhumane, etc)

The Leap Themes (out of 8):

Growing up and old (mom gets old throughout, daughter grows up throughout)

Lady or Tiger? Theme (out of 8):

inhumanity (inhumane to get killed by tiger or marry someone bad/you never met, etc).

The Cask of Amontillado Theme (out of 8):

inhumanity (Montresor killed Fortunato and that is inhumane, etc)

The Most Dangerous Game Themes (out of 8):

inhumanity (inhumane to hunt people), escape (Rainsford/other huntees have to escape being hunted, etc)

The Most Dangerous Game Setting Examples:

mansion, boat, jungle, swamp