Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. An internal conflict is a struggle within a character's .....
2. Which of the following is the best description of the plot in a fiction story?
3. The ..... is the turning point in the story, or the most exciting part of the story.
4. What is the problem of the story called?
5. In literature, the narrator is ..... . *
6. The ..... may be to entertain, explain or inform, to express an opinion, or to persuade readers to do or believe something.
7. The main problem that occurs in a story is called .....
8. The main character in a story
9. The beginning of the complications leading to the intensification of the problem or the conflict (climax)
10. When a character struggles with an outside force? (There are three types)
11. How do flash fictions commonly end the story?
12. The vantage point from which the writer tells the story is call .....
13. Art Spiegelmen's "In the Shadow of No Tower:9/11" is an example of .....
14. A prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
15. The angle to which a story is told
16. The story may be told by an invisible narrator who is not a character in the work or by a supporting character supplying narration for a hero using the third person pronoun "he/she/they" .
17. Which of the following is an example of fiction?
18. This point of view is when the author is telling the story and uses pronouns such as "I", "me", "my", "us", "we"
19. The POV in which the narrator only shares the thoughts and feelings of one character.
20. ..... categorizes literature and can often have subgroups
21. ..... is a mode of narration that allows the readers to "hear" and "see" what events take place in a story
22. Eu:What is a motif throughout the story?
23. It is a fixed form, usually containing five three-line stanzas and a four-line stanza, with only two rhymes throughout.
24. A struggle between two opposing forces is a .....
25. CLP:What style does Hemingway create in his writing?
26. These are the reasons for a character's actions.
27. GFH:What overall theme is recurrent throughout the story?
28. What is it called when a reader looks at separate parts of a story to discover how they work together to express an idea?
29. Graphic novel is also known as .....
30. A type of nonfiction that has the faculty or power of speaking and it is communication or expression of thoughts in a spoken word, usually delivered in front of an audience
31. What methods do authors use to show what characters are like, such as describing what they think and do?
32. The sequence of related events that make up the story is
33. The narrator is an outsider telling the story is an example of which point of view?
34. Miss Strangeworth in "The Possibility of Evil" was largely motivated by
35. Who is the bad guy in the story or the one who opposes the protagonist?
36. CLP:What tone is established throughout the story by the old waiter?
37. On My Honor is an example of .....
38. The good guy is also known as the .....
39. (of information or experience) from the original source or personal experience; direct.
40. The turning point of the story.The peak (the highest point) of the complications & after which a drastic change or reversal follows.
41. Is a noticeable element, such as a type of event, device, reference, or formula, which occurs frequently in works of literature.
42. Authors use imagery and setting details to create the ..... of a story.
43. The stage in the plot where all of the little events or complications that lead to the peak of the story (Sometimes called COMPLICATIONS)
44. What is the climax of a story?
45. "There Will Come Soft Rains" was told
46. Which characterizes a graphic novel?
47. When is the first day of CCs in January?
48. The time and place of the story.
49. GB:Goodman Brown speculates that his experiences in the woods might be a(n
50. Who is the antagonist in a story?
51. How can we infer the townspeople feel about the kidnapping of "Red Chief" ?
52. A story's message or insight about life; a statement about a topic is the
53. A series of related events that make up the story is the .....
54. In short stories, setting is .....
55. BB:What is the style of "Barn Burning" ?
56. Narrator tells the story as an observer adding no character thoughts.
57. Which statement is true about fiction?
58. These are stories about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.
59. Tending or trying to avoid:
60. GB:What is the main message of the story?