Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. What part of the plot structure introduces characters, setting, and the conflict?
2. BB:What is a big internal conflict within the story for Sartoris?
3. The message or life lesson that the plot and characters of a story convey to the reader.
4. GB:What do Faith's pink ribbons symbolize?
5. A recurring theme that is a message about life and often expressed in many eras and cultures.
6. When the narrator is one of the character and is telling the story using the pronoun I, the story is told in what POV
7. The main character, or the person who drives the action in a story is the .....
8. GHF:Which of the following most correctly defines O'connor's writing style?
9. GFH:What genre is "A Good Man is Hard to Find" ?
10. When the struggle in the story is happening between the protagonist and him or herself, it is called ..... (also known as character vs. self).
11. C:Why did Elisa scrub herself until she bled?
12. Which story displayed the best integration of various moments of foreshadowing, that all made sense at the end when the reader realizes the fate of the teenage traveler?
13. A computer taking over the world is an example of what type of conflict?
14. The qualities of a character that could affect the character's thoughts, decisions, and actions.
15. Flash fiction is also known as .....
16. The ..... is the leading figure in a story.
17. The point of the story that has the highest point of interest is called .....
18. The author of the story "Seventh grade" is: .....
19. Tallifiero Street in the 1960s is an example of .....
20. Is an art form, usually written. It includes prose and poetry.
21. What is the point of view of the short story "The Flowers" ?
22. Events leading to solving the problem in the story
23. GFH:What is the message of the story?
24. Eu:Why does Dee push so hard to have the quilts?
25. What is the most important aspect of the plot?
26. A&P:Queenie was compared to a bee becausE..
27. The most exiting part and turning point of a story is called .....
28. It is a flash fiction story that centers on finding tattered teddy bear that the speaker adored as a child.
29. BB:How does the opening mood of the story go throughout the story?
30. A ..... is the perspective from which a literary work is told.
31. Irony is defined as:
32. The final stage which offers a conclusion to the plot. It marks the solution of the conflict with the triumph (victory) of one of the conflicting forces. It establishes the outcome of the conflict.
33. Occurs at the conclusion of the story. Loose ends are tied up and the story ends.
34. At the end of "The Perfect Gift, " it was revealed that Franny had sold her hair to buy the bird cage for Derek, and Derek had sold his bird to buy the hair clips for Franny. Much to their surprise, each can't use their new gift. This twist in the ending best displays what literary term?
35. If the narrator is using "I" and "me" to refer to himself/herself, the story is told from ..... point of view.
36. BB:Fire symbolizes .....
37. A ..... is a person, a place, an object, or an action that stands for something outside of itself.
38. The longest works of fiction. They have the same elements of short stories but have subplots.
39. The part of the story where the characters are introduced, setting is described, and conflict begins to unfold is called .....
40. Tara Campbell explains the various colors of the sky in flash fiction story entitled .....
41. A problem or struggle between two or more opposing forces.
42. In which type of fiction story does HARRY POTTER SERIES by J. K. Rowling belong?
43. When a writer writes up a blueprint for what happens in their story, this is called the .....
44. The type of external conflict between two different characters.
45. Is traditional tale which is thought to have historical bases.
46. What type of conflict is this? A person feels badly about something they have done or not done.
47. A story's setting tells us ..... . *
48. It describes imaginary events and people.
49. EU:What did the yard symbolize?
50. Identify the type of point-of-view for the following statement: "I can't believe we defeated the Martians. Our ears were ringing from their death rays! We are lucky to have survived."
51. Making educated guesses about characters and events in a story as you learn more about them is called .....
52. What is the main lesson or central message of the story?
53. The ..... is when or where the story takes place.
54. C:What tone is presented throughout the story?
55. When a struggle takes place entirely within a character's own mind, is is called .....
56. The peak of the story, the part with the most action, the high point
57. What can you infer from the story is the most likely of the landlady's guests?
58. When the speaker says one thing but means another .....
59. RE:Why does Emily attempt to keep the bodies of the ones she loves?
60. What is NOT one of the methods that the writer uses to give you information about characters?