Short StoryElements 1

Short Story

Elements 2

Plot Line

Point of View

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Elements 1

A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens

or exists?

$100 Answer from Elements 1

Irony

$200 Question fromElements 1

The techniques a writer uses to

develop characters.

$200 Answer fromElements 1

Characterization

$300 Question fromElements 1

A series of related events that happen in a

story.

$300 Answer fromElements 1

The Plot

$400 Question fromElements 1

The feeling or atmosphere

created when reading a story is

called this.

$400 Answer fromElements 1

Mood or Tone

$500 Question fromElements 1

Hints or clues provided by the author that the

reader can use to predict what may happen in a

story.

$500 Answer fromElements 1

Foreshadowing

$100 Question fromElements 2

It’s what the main character in a story

is called (it’s who we identify the most

with).

$100 Answer fromElements 2

Protagonist

$200 Question fromElements 2

It’s the type of conflict in which a

character struggles with another person or force outside of

him/herself.

$200 Answer fromElements 2

External Conflict

$300 Question fromElements 2

This type of irony is when the

audience/reader knows something the characters do

not.

$300 Answer fromElements 2

Dramatic Irony

$400 Question fromElements 2

These type of characters change from the beginning

of a story to the end.

$400 Answer fromElements 2

Dynamic Characters

$500 Question fromElements 2

Most stories are written in time

order. This is called ______ order.

$500 Answer fromElements 2

Chronological Order

$100 Question from Plot Line

This is what is known as the

high point of the story – it’s the

point of highest tension.

$100 Answer from Plot Line

The Climax

$200 Question from Plot Line

This part of the plot line is when the author gives the

background information needed to

set up the story.

$200 Answer from Plot Line

The Exposition

$300 Question from Plot Line

This part of the plot line immediately

follows the climax – it’s when the

solution to the problem starts.

$300 Answer from Plot Line

Falling Action

$400 Question from Plot Line

It’s when the story jumps back and

forth in time – the story is out of time

order.

$400 Answer from Plot Line

Flashback

$500 Question from Plot Line

Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax,

Falling Action, and Resolution are all

parts of this.

$500 Answer from Plot Line

The Plot Line

$100 Question from POV

These types of pronouns let us know

the story is in First Person POV (the

narrator is a character in the story).

$100 Answer from POV

I, me, we, us, myself, ourselves, etc.

$200 Question from POV

In this type of POV, the narrator knows the

thoughts and feelings of ALL the characters in

the story

$200 Answer from POV

3rd Person Omniscient

$300 Question from POV

This POV can only report on things that can be observed. It cannot get into any

characters’ thoughts or feelings.

$300 Answer from POV

3rd Person Objective

$400 Question from POV

It’s the POV in which the narrator knows the

thoughts and feelings of only one character, but the narrator is NOT a character

in the story.

$400 Answer from POV

3rd Person Limited

$500 Question from POV

It’s what separates 1st

Person POV from 3rd Person POV.

$500 Answer from POV

Whether or not the narrator is a character in the story.

$100 Question from General Space

In “The Lottery,” the author hints thatsomething strange is going to happen later in the story. This “hint” is called:

$100 Answer from Short Stories

Foreshadowing

$200 Question from Short Stories

In “The Catbird Seat,” Mr. Martin struggles with his own idea to

kill Mrs. Barrows. The fact that he struggled with himself is what

kind of conflict?

$200 Answer from Short Stories

Internal Conflict

$300 Question from Short Stories

This is the type of irony at the end of

“The Lottery.”

$300 Answer from Short Stories

Irony of Situation

$400 Question from Short Stories

In “Miss Brill,” we see the thoughts and

feelings of only Miss Brill, but it’s not a 1st Person POV account.

What is its POV?

$400 Answer from Short Stories

3rd Person Limited Omniscient

$500 Question from Short Stories

What is the climax of the short story, “The

Monkey’s Paw?”

$500 Answer from Short Stories

When the mother opens the door, and her son has

disappeared after the father’sthird and final wish.

Final Jeopardy Question

Why do so many famous short stories end so

tragically or unexpectedly?

Final Jeopardy Answer

The tragic/unexpected endings are better

remembered by the reader – it’s what makes them stand out and be

remembered.