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Short story review
short story test review
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English
10th Grade
08/28/2013

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Term
round character
Definition

a ___________ character is someone who know a lot about 

a. dynamic

b. flat

c. round

Term
flat
Definition

a __________ character is someone that we do not know a lot about

a. flat

b. dynamic

c. static 

Term
dynamic
Definition

this type of character changes throughout the story

a. static

b. dynamic

c. flat 

Term
static
Definition

this character does not change throughout the story (ex: Mr. Summers/ Mr. Graves)

a. round

b. flat

c. static 

Term
society
Definition

Conflict: in "The Lottery", the whole town is against the one chosen

a. man

b. self

c. society 

Term
self
Definition

Conflict: Tessie's children have to deal with the fact that they helped kill their mother

a. man

b. self

c. nature 

Term
nature
Definition

conflict: people lose house to an earthquake

a. self

b. nature

c. society 

Term
first person
Definition

words I, we, us: told from character's personal point of view

a. first

b. second

c. third

Term
third limited
Definition

words he/she/they, bystander's point of view; in one or no character's mind ("The Lottery")

a. first

b. third omniscient

c. third limited

Term
third omniscient
Definition

words he/she/they: "all-knowing"; read all characters' minds

a. first

b. third omniscient

c. third limited

Term
situational irony
Definition

irony: what you expect is not what happens

a. verbal

b. situational

c. dramatic

Term
dramatic irony
Definition

irony: you as the reader knows something that the characters do not know in the story

a. verbal

b. situational

c. dramatic

Term
verbal irony
Definition

irony: what is said vs. what is meant

a. verbal

b. situational

c. dramatic 

Term
setting
Definition

where and when a story takes place (weather, time period, building, etc)

a. conflict

b. character

c. setting

Term
conflict
Definition

a problem that must be solved by end of story

a. climax

b. conflict

c. resolution

Term
climax
Definition

most intense part of the story; the turning point

a. conflict

b. climax

c. exposition

Term
man
Definition

conflict between two or more characters in the story

a. self

b. society

c. man

Term
foreshadowing
Definition

a hint that the author gives that something is going to happen

a. clue

b. hint

c. foreshadow

Term
second person
Definition

words "you"; read like instructions; reader is being directly spoken to

a. first

b. second

c. third

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