I. Choose the correct term from the box below. Write it on the
space before the number.
1. When the author gives some background or needed
details to the story, this is known as what term?
2. What elements of a short story might be described as
the 'series of related events?
3. If I told you this short story takes place in a jungle on a
mysterious island sometimes in the 1990's involving an eccentric
hunter, I would be describing what part of the story?
4. Which is the correct term for what could be described
as the "turning point of the story"?
5. The problem of the plot is also known as which short
story element?
6. In Maupassant's short story 'The Necklace", the main
characters learned that honesty is the best policy. The main idea or the
possible opinion of the author is known as
7. What is the purpose of the short story's title?
8. This is the other term for any hints of future plot
occurences.
9. The part of the story that reveals the solution and
conflict
10. It refers to the way a writer or author allows the reader to
"hear," "see," and "feel" what takes place in pieces of writing.
•plot
•foreshadowing
•conflict
•setting
•climax
* exposition
*rising action
* to indicate main idea
*point of view
*theme​