Short Story Test- Pomranka

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Literal Questions

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Questions based on facts from story.

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Inferred Questions

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Questions based on understanding and analyzing a story.

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Applied Questions

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Questions that apply a story to a larger world of knowledge and human experience.

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Theme

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A phrase which summarizes a texts message and contains the general idea of a work.

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Plot

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All of the events in a story particularly rendered towards the achievement of an effect.

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Exposition

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Beginning of story where characters and the setting is announced.

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Rising Action

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First moment of action in a story; where the conflict of the story is introduced.

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Climax

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Point where the conflict comes to and end; some sort of resolution.

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Falling Action

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Any action after the climax leading toward the resolution.

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Resolution/ Denouncement

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The conclusion, the protagonist will have gone through some change.

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Realism

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The attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is, and comparing it accordingly.

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Romanticism

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Seeing things in an idealistic way.

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Epiphany

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A sudden revelation of the truth inspired by a seemingly trivial incident.

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Stream of Consciousness

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A narrative technique for rendering the inward experience of a character.

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Symbolism

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Where an object represents an idea.

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Conflict

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A struggle between two forces, usually between the protagonist and a continuously opposing force; the thing that drives every single story.

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Agon

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The Greek word for 'conflict'.

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Motivation

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Drives the character and influences the decisions a character makes.

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Style

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The manner in which a writer chooses among different strategies to address an issue and an audience.

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Allusion

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A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place or event.

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Characterization

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The process in which the author reveals the personality of a character.

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Static Character

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Does not change.

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Dynamic Character

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Capable of change, growth, and insight.

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Round

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A character that has complexities and contradictions that are noticeable.

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Flat Character

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Depicted as always embodying one characteristic (personality trait, role, or function).

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Metamorphosis

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Transfiguration; A striking change in appearance or character or circumstances.

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Personification

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The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas, objects, or events.

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Attributing human emotions to aspects of nature.

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Setting

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The time and place in which a story unfolds.

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Mood

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The way and audience feels about a text.

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Protagonist

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Main character; who the audience is in favor of.

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Antagonist

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Opposing force to protagonist; brings conflict into story.

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Foil Character

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Contrasts or parallels major character.

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Stock Character

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Stereotype exp. Buffoon, liar, saint etc.

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Stereotype

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A simplified characterization that defines people or characters in a narrow way.

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Archetype

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A perfect example of a certain character (hero, mother, bad guy).

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Flashback

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A scene in the narrative that interrupts the actions to talk about an event that preceded.

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Foreshadowing

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Subtle clues or hints about the events to come in a story.

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Tone

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The author's attitude toward his or her subject.

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Hyperbole

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Deliberate exaggeration used to achieve an effect.

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Understatement

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A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious.

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Irony

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When what happens is different from what is expected.

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something a character doesn't.

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Situational Irony

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When what actually happens is opposite from what is expected to happen.

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Verbal Irony

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Sarcasm; When a person says one thing, but means another.

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Point of View

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The perspective used by the author.

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3rd Person

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Perspective of Onlooker

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1st Person

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The main characters perspective.

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2nd Person

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Telling events as you might see them.

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Omniscent

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The narrator can read the minds of one or all characters.

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Limited Omniscent

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Narrator cannot read the mind of any character.