Short Story Terminology Quiz
Name: _________________________
Use the word list to fill in the blanks below. There will be terms left over.
Setting
Plot
Rising action
Climax
Conflict
Internal
External
Character
Round
Dynamic
Static
Characterization
Direct
Indirect
Point of view
First
Second
Third person Limited
Third person omniscient
Theme
Symbolism
Irony
Mood
Motif
Narrator
Suspense
Foreshadowing
Satire
Analogy
Parody
purpose
sarcasm
flashback
1. ____________________ is how writers reveal characters.
2. A(n) ____________________ is a person in a work of fiction.
3. Conflict with a force outside yourself, like nature, is known as:
____________________
4. The location and time where a story takes place is its ____________________.
5. This point of view uses the word “I” a lot. ____________________
6. ____________________ refers to all the events in a plot before the climax.
7. If a rose is used to represent love, it is being used as a(n): ____________________.
8. A(n) ____________________ is a recurring idea that can be turned into a theme.
9. Sarcasm is a type of verbal ____________________.
10. ____________________ is a comparison of an unfamiliar object to something
familiar in an attempt to explain it.
11. ____________________ is the message an author is trying to give to his reader.
12. This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles with a decision or something
else within themselves. ____________________
13. ____________________ characterization occurs when the author implies
characteristics through actions, thoughts, people’s responses to a character, etc.
14. The ____________________ is the person who tells the story.
15. A(n) ______________________ is a text/video/ad that criticizes human misconduct
and ridicule stupidities.
16. A character experiences ____________________ conflict when they struggle with
another character.
17. ____________________ is a type of character that doesn’t really change throughout
the story.
18. The angle from which a story is told is referred to as ____________________.
19. ____________________ characters have many-sided personalities that change.
20. ____________________ is the feeling surrounding a text.
21. When a person appears to be praising something, but is actually insulting it he/she is
using ____________________.
22. A hint at what will happen later in a story is called ____________________.
23. The highest point of interest in a story, or the turning point of the action is known as
the story’s ____________________.
24. ____________________ characterization occurs when the author tells what a person
is like.
25. ____________________ characters fit into a stereotype and don’t change.
26. The reason for a text’s existence is its __________________.