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Short Story Terms Review
1. What is the exposition in “The Sniper”?
2. What is the narrative hook in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
3. Name two bits of rising action in “Marigolds.”
4. What is the climax of “The Scarlet Ibis”?
5. What is the resolution of “The Veldt”?
6. What is the setting of “A Sound of Thunder”?
7. What is the mood of “The Most Dangerous Game”?
8. Who is the protagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
9. Who or what is the antagonist in “The Scarlet Ibis”?
10. Name a flat character from any story.
11. Name a round character from “The Scarlet Ibis,” and explain how you know that he or she is complex.
12. List the five types of indirect characterization.
13. Give an example of indirect characterization from “The Most Dangerous Game.”
14. Name a character (from any story) who is dynamic. Explain the change.
15. Name a character (from any story) who is static.
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16. Write, in one sentence, the theme of “The Gift of the Magi.”
17. Explain what the ibis is a symbol of in “The Scarlet Ibis.”
18. Name a story that is told in first person, and name the narrator.
19. Name a story that is told in third person.
20. What is the external conflict in “A Sound of Thunder”?
21. What is the internal conflict in “The Scarlet Ibis” or in “Marigolds”?
22. Offer an example of irony from any story.
23. Give an example of foreshadowing from any story, and tell what it hints at that happens later.