Elements of a Short Story Quiz
Use the five types of conflicts to answer the first five questions. (Character vs. Character, Character vs.
Self, Character vs. Nature, Character vs. Fate, Character vs. Society)
1. Batman fighting the Joker is an example of what type of conflict? Character vs. Character
2. When Katnis breaks the rules of the Hunger Games it is an example of what type of conflict? Character vs.
Society
3. The movies 2012, Twister, and The Day After Tomorrow are all examples of this type of conflict because
the main characters battle the elements. Character vs. Nature
4. When Peter Parker discovers he has “super powers” he must decide if he wants to train and help defend
his town against evil or ignore them. What is this conflict? Character vs. Self
5. Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort must battle; one cannot live while the other survives. What is the
conflict? Character vs. Fate
6. If I was telling a story about what I did yesterday what point of view would I be telling the story from?
A. First Person B. 3rd Person Limited
C. 3rd Person Omniscient
7. If I was telling a story from the point of view of every character what point of view would I be telling the
story from? A. First Person
B. 3rd Person Limited
C. 3rd Person Omniscient
8. True or False: MOOD is the way the reader feels about a story and TONE is the way the author wants you
to feel.
9. True or False: The villain of a movie or a book is an example of a protagonist.
10. A character that discovers something new about themselves and becomes more confident is a static or
dynamic character?
Elements of a Short Story Quiz #2
Put the Plot diagram in order. Place the number where it belongs on the plot diagram
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Resolution 6
Exposition 1
Climax 4
Rising Action 3
Falling Action 5
Inciting Incident 2
Martin being scared to ride the elevator and upset he is seen as a coward is an example of what type
of conflict? character vs. self
The Fat Lady stops the elevator with Martin inside is an example of what type of conflict? Character
vs. character
Martin’s dad calls him a coward and tells him to grow up. Is Martin’s dad a dynamic or static
character?
“The Elevator” is told by a narrator who only knows what Martin is thinking or feeling. What point of
view is it told from? A. 1st Person
B. 3rd Person Limited
C. 3rd Person Omniscient
True or False: Martin is the protagonist.
12. The feeling created in the reader by the passage is the…
13. The feeling created by the writer in the passage is the…
a. mood
a. mood
b. tone
b. tone
Elements of a Short Story Quiz #3
Use the following words for questions 1-5: Symbol, Epiphany, Oxymoron, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor.
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He is as skinny as a toothpick. simile
Jumbo shrimp oxymoron
Her home was a prison. metaphor
The American flag represents freedom, liberty, and independence. symbol
It was so cold; I saw polar bears wearing jackets. hyperbole
All of a sudden it came to me and I had a great idea. epiphany
Answer the following questions
7. The author’s (tone, mood) put me in a terrified (tone, mood).
8. Most fairy tales have a narrator that tells the story from the point of view of one character.
A. 1st Person B. 3rd Person Limited C. 3rd Person Omniscient
9. In the movie Mean Girls, Cady Heron tells the story from her point of view.
A. 1st Person
B. 3rd Person Limited C. 3rd Person Omniscient
10. True or False: Harry Potter’s need to fit in and be normal like the people in England is an
example of the conflict character vs. character.
Elements of a Short Story Quiz #4
Use the following words for questions 1-6: Personification, Characterization, Magic 3, Alliteration,
Diction, Simile.
1. But in this instant, swiftly, and with utter clearness, it was the suit which fascinated Will. Magic
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2. The suit caught light and stiffed like a bed of black tweed-thorns. Personification
3. This second man was tall as a lamp post. Simile
4. For it seemed woven of boar-bramble, clock spring hair, bristle. Alliteration
5. So it seemed he would excruciate, cry out, and tear the clothes free. Diction
6. The passage, “The Name is Dark”, describes what a man looks like and how he acts.
Characterization
Answer the following questions
7. All of the following are tone words to describe “The Name is Dark” EXCEPT…
A. eerie
B. spooky
C. mysterious D. descriptive
8. From what we read in “The Name is Dark”, it seems that there will be what type of conflict?
Character vs. character
9. All of the following are connotations of the word Yellow EXCEPT…
A. sick
B. primary color
C. warm
D. cheery
10. True or False: Tone is the way the reader feels and Mood is the way the author wants you to
feel.