Short Story
Elements 1
Short Story
Elements 2
Plot
Line
Point of
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Short
Stories
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from
Elements 1
A contrast between what
is expected and what
actually happens or
exists?
$100 Answer from Elements 1
Irony
$200 Question from
Elements 1
The techniques a
writer uses to develop
characters.
$200 Answer from
Elements 1
Characterization
$300 Question from
Elements 1
A series of related events
that happen in a story.
$300 Answer from
Elements 1
The Plot
$400 Question from
Elements 1
The feeling or
atmosphere created
when reading a story
is called this.
$400 Answer from
Elements 1
Mood or
Tone
$500 Question from
Elements 1
Hints or clues provided by
the author that the reader
can use to predict what may
happen in a story.
$500 Answer from
Elements 1
Foreshadowing
$100 Question from
Elements 2
It’s what the main
character in a story is
called (it’s who we
identify the most with).
$100 Answer from
Elements 2
Protagonist
$200 Question from
Elements 2
It’s the type of conflict
in which a character
struggles with another
person or force outside
of him/herself.
$200 Answer from
Elements 2
External Conflict
$300 Question from
Elements 2
This type of irony is
when the
audience/reader
knows something the
characters do not.
$300 Answer from
Elements 2
Dramatic
Irony
$400 Question from
Elements 2
These type of
characters change
from the beginning of
a story to the end.
$400 Answer from
Elements 2
Dynamic Characters
$500 Question from
Elements 2
Most stories are
written in time order.
This is called ______
order.
$500 Answer from
Elements 2
Chronological Order
$100 Question from Plot Line
This is what is
known as the high
point of the story –
it’s the point of
highest tension.
$100 Answer from Plot Line
The Climax
$200 Question from Plot Line
This part of the plot line
is when the author gives
the background
information needed to set
up the story.
$200 Answer from Plot Line
The Exposition
$300 Question from Plot Line
This part of the plot
line immediately
follows the climax –
it’s when the solution
to the problem starts.
$300 Answer from Plot Line
Falling Action
$400 Question from Plot Line
It’s when the story
jumps back and forth
in time – the story is
out of time order.
$400 Answer from Plot Line
Flashback
$500 Question from Plot Line
Exposition, Conflict,
Rising Action, Climax,
Falling Action, and
Resolution are all parts
of this.
$500 Answer from Plot Line
The Plot Line
$100 Question from POV
These types of pronouns
let us know the story is in
First Person POV (the
narrator is a character in
the story).
$100 Answer from POV
I, me, we, us,
myself, ourselves, etc.
$200 Question from POV
In this type of POV, the
narrator knows the
thoughts and feelings of
ALL the characters in the
story
$200 Answer from POV
rd
3
Person
Omniscient
$300 Question from POV
This POV can only report
on things that can be
observed. It cannot get
into any characters’
thoughts or feelings.
$300 Answer from POV
rd
3
Person Objective
$400 Question from POV
It’s the POV in which the
narrator knows the thoughts
and feelings of only one
character, but the narrator is
NOT a character in the story.
$400 Answer from POV
rd
3
Person Limited
$500 Question from POV
It’s what separates
1st Person POV from
rd
3 Person POV.
$500 Answer from POV
Whether or not the narrator
is a character in the story.
$100 Question from General Space
In “The Lottery,” the
author hints that
something strange is going
to happen later in the
story. This “hint” is called:
$100 Answer from Short Stories
Foreshadowing
$200 Question from Short Stories
In “The Catbird Seat,” Mr.
Martin struggles with his
own idea to kill Mrs.
Barrows. The fact that he
struggled with himself is
what kind of conflict?
$200 Answer from Short Stories
Internal Conflict
$300 Question from Short Stories
This is the type of irony
at the end of “The
Lottery.”
$300 Answer from Short Stories
Irony of Situation
$400 Question from Short Stories
In “Miss Brill,” we see the
thoughts and feelings of
only Miss Brill, but it’s not
a 1st Person POV account.
What is its POV?
$400 Answer from Short Stories
rd
3
Person
Limited Omniscient
$500 Question from Short Stories
What is the climax of
the short story, “The
Monkey’s Paw?”
$500 Answer from Short Stories
When the mother opens the
door, and her son has
disappeared after the father’s
third and final wish.
Final Jeopardy Question
Why do so many famous
short stories end so tragically
or unexpectedly?
Final Jeopardy Answer
The tragic/unexpected
endings are better
remembered by the reader –
it’s what makes them stand
out and be remembered.