English Honors 9- Short Story Quiz

Fiction is all about a _____

Character

Fiction is based off what the character ____

wants

Fiction is how the character __________

gets what they want

Fiction is about how the character _____

changes

Fiction is about the ______

unique world where the character lives.

Fiction Genres

short story, novella, novel

Setting

Geographic location, time period, socio-economic setting, specific building or room

Round Characters

Convincing characters that are true to life

Flat Characters

Stereotypes or symbolic

Dynamic Character

Undergoes a change or development

Static Character

Doesn’t change over the course of the story

Direct Narraration

Narrator speaks on the character himself.In

Indirect Narration

The reader has to figure out how the character is based on clues.

Objective narration

Narrator is removed and only describes characters’ action and dialogue

Irony

Irony is a literary device or rhetorical technique where the intended meaning of words is different from their literal meaning. It often involves a contrast between expectations and reality.

Situational Irony

When an event turns out differently than expected.

Verbal Irony

When a character says something he does not mean.

Dramatic Irony

The audience is aware of something the character is not.