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Short Story Literary Review
Test Description: Review of literary elements seen in short stories
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is direct characterization?
A
Use of characters' actions, words, or thoughts to help readers infer his or her traits
B
Story told using third person pronouns (he, she, they)
C
Story told using first person pronouns (I, me)
D
Straightforward description of a character’s traits
2) What is conflict?
A
The perspective from which a story is told; the narrative method used
B
Individuals who participate in the action of a literary work
C
The context in which a story takes place, including time, place, and mood
D
The struggle between opposing forces; the basis of plot in narrative literature
3) What is setting?
A
The feeling or atmosphere created by the author
B
A person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself, often an abstract concept
C
The central idea or message in a work of literature
D
The context in which a story takes place, including time, place, and mood
4) What is situational irony
A
A person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself, often an abstract concept
B
Contrast between what a character knows and what the reader/ audience knows
C
When someone says one thing but means another thing
D
When a character or reader expects or intends one thing to happen, but something entirely different happens
5) What is verbal irony?
A
The feeling or atmosphere created by the author
B
When someone says one thing but means another thing
C
Contrast between what a character knows and what the reader/ audience knows
D
When a character or reader expects or intends one thing to happen, but something entirely different happens
6) What is dramatic irony?
A
When someone says one thing but means another thing
B
Contrast between what a character knows and what the reader/ audience knows
C
When a character or reader expects or intends one thing to happen, but something entirely different happens
D
The feeling or atmosphere created by the author
7) What is mood?
A
The perspective from which a story is told; the narrative method used
B
The context in which a story takes place, including time, place, and mood
C
The feeling or atmosphere created by the author
D
The struggle between opposing forces; the basis of plot in narrative literature
8) What is theme?
A
A character’s struggle within himself or herself, such as competing desires or loyalties
B
The context in which a story takes place, including time, place, and mood
C
The central idea or message in a work of literature
D
Individuals who participate in the action of a literary work
9) What is indirect characterization?
A
Straightforward description of a character’s traits
B
The struggle between opposing forces; the basis of plot in narrative literature
C
Use of characters’ actions, words, or thoughts to help readers infer his or her traits
D
The perspective from which a story is told; the narrative method used
10) What is a symbol?
A
A person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself, often an abstract concept
B
The central idea or message in a work of literature
C
When a character or reader expects or intends one thing to happen, but something entirely different happens
D
The feeling or atmosphere created by the author
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