English Quiz 1 - Short Story Elements
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Speeches made by characters in a story = correct answer dialogue point of highest
interest or excitement = correct answer climax struggle within one person's mind =
correct answer internal conflict most important person in a story = correct answer
protagonist all-seeing, all-knowing = correct answer omniscient the story introducing
another story = correct answer frame a single happening in a story = correct answer
incident If the protagonist tells the story himself, it is told in __________ person. correct
answer first If the author tells the story but does not take part, it is told in ___________
person. correct answer third When a speaker uses the words you, yours, yourself, he
is using _____________ person. correct answer second The one story in this section
that uses first person is "_____." 1. The Lady, or the Tiger? 2. The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 3. The Necklace correct answer2, The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calderas County Select the author which the characteristic describes.
wrote a famous story without a resolution correct answer Frank R. Stockton Jim
Smiley was more interested in betting than in anything else. True or False? correct
answer True Madame Forestier was a popular guest at the ball. True or False?
correct answer False what happens = correct answer plot the "meaning" of a story =
correct answer theme when and where = correct perspective of the storyteller =
correct answer point of view participant in a story = correct answer character
resolution = correct answer denouement The princess had the power of life and death
over her lover. True or False? correct answer False Monsieur and Madame Loisel
borrowed more money than was needed to pay for the lost necklace because
Madame Forestier insisted on it. True or False? correct answer False Select the
author which the characteristic describes. a naturalistic writer correct answer Guy de
Maupassant Select the author which the characteristic describes. liked to use dialect
in his stories correct answer Mark Twain barbarian = correct answer savage
contemporary = correct answer present-day riviere = correct answer necklace
obsequious = correct answer submissive garrulous = correct answer talkative eerie =
correct answer weird Select the author which the characteristic describes. wrote
about Paris society correct answer Guy de Maupassant Because the length of his
story is limited, short-story writers typically do these things (Mark all that apply.):
_____. 1. spend time developing at least one minor character. 2. plunge quickly into
action. 3. give a full description of each setting. 4. have a single plot. 5. introduce few
characters. 6. limit descriptions. 7. introduce only needed details about setting. correct
answer2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? Her face
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Speeches made by characters in a story = correct answer dialogue point of highest
interest or excitement = correct answer climax struggle within one person's mind =
correct answer internal conflict most important person in a story = correct answer
protagonist all-seeing, all-knowing = correct answer omniscient the story introducing
another story = correct answer frame a single happening in a story = correct answer
incident If the protagonist tells the story himself, it is told in __________ person. correct
answer first If the author tells the story but does not take part, it is told in ___________
person. correct answer third When a speaker uses the words you, yours, yourself, he
is using _____________ person. correct answer second The one story in this section
that uses first person is "_____." 1. The Lady, or the Tiger? 2. The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 3. The Necklace correct answer2, The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calderas County Select the author which the characteristic describes.
wrote a famous story without a resolution correct answer Frank R. Stockton Jim
Smiley was more interested in betting than in anything else. True or False? correct
answer True Madame Forestier was a popular guest at the ball. True or False?
correct answer False what happens = correct answer plot the "meaning" of a story =
correct answer theme when and where = correct perspective of the storyteller =
correct answer point of view participant in a story = correct answer character
resolution = correct answer denouement The princess had the power of life and death
over her lover. True or False? correct answer False Monsieur and Madame Loisel
borrowed more money than was needed to pay for the lost necklace because
Madame Forestier insisted on it. True or False? correct answer False Select the
author which the characteristic describes. a naturalistic writer correct answer Guy de
Maupassant Select the author which the characteristic describes. liked to use dialect
in his stories correct answer Mark Twain barbarian = correct answer savage
contemporary = correct answer present-day riviere = correct answer necklace
obsequious = correct answer submissive garrulous = correct answer talkative eerie =
correct answer weird Select the author which the characteristic describes. wrote
about Paris society correct answer Guy de Maupassant Because the length of his
story is limited, short-story writers typically do these things (Mark all that apply.):
_____. 1. spend time developing at least one minor character. 2. plunge quickly into
action. 3. give a full description of each setting. 4. have a single plot. 5. introduce few
characters. 6. limit descriptions. 7. introduce only needed details about setting. correct
answer2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? Her face
