Short Story Elements
Multiple choice quiz over twelve basic literary
elements.
1. A contrast between what is expected and what
actually happens or exists. (1 point)
Allusion
Inference
Irony
Frame Story
2. The techniques writers use to create and develop
characters. (1 point)
Point of View
Setting
Plot
Characterization
3. The time and place of the story. (1 point)
Foreshadowing
Setting
Science Fiction
Plot
4. A reference to a famous person, place, event, or
work of literature. (1 point)
Foreshadowing
Irony
Allusion
Theme
5. The relationship between the narrator and the
story (who is telling the story). (1 point)
Point of View
Allusion
Inference
Theme
6. The story that contains or connects other stories
when there are two or more stories within one story. (1
point)
Symbol
Frame Story
Prologue
Preamble
7. An object or idea that has its own meaning and
represents something else as well. (1 point)
Irony
Allusion
Symbol
Inference
8. A series of related events(what happens in the
story). (1 point)
Theme
Setting
Plot
Irony
9. Hints or clues provided by the author that permit
the reader to predict what might happen later in the
story. (1 point)
Foreshadowing
Irony
Setting
Characterization
10. A logical guess or conclusion based on facts. (1
point)
Allusion
Irony
Point of View
Inference
11. The main idea or author's opinion about life
expressed in a piece of literature. (1 point)
Theme
Non-Fiction
Setting
Exaggeration
12. Fiction based on technological or scientific
developments. (1 point)
Frame Story
Science Fiction
Symbolism
Theme