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Short Story Test
Study Guide
KEY
1. Theme- the message the author wants you to know.
2. Plot- what happens in the story (first this, then this, etc)
3. Narrator- the person telling the story
4. 1st person point of view- the narrator is inside, or involved in the story.
5. 3rd person point of view- narrator is outside, or not involved in the story.
6. Point of View- the vantage point from which the story is told (who is telling the story)
7. Characters- the actors of the story.
8. Static Character- a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo change or growth. (ALSO KNOWN AS A FLAT CHARACTER)
9. Round Character- a major character in a work of fiction who encounters conflict and is changed by it.
10. THEME-OMIT
11. Implied theme- the author does not tell you the theme directly. You have to figure it out by what the character learns and by what happens to the character.
12. Protagonist- the main character or the main ‘good’ guy in the story.
13. Antagonist- the main ‘bad’ guy in the story.
14. PLOT-OMIT
15. Setting- the time and place of the story.
16. Exposition- background information is given.
17. Rising action- developing the conflict
18. Climax-the highest point of action
19. Falling action- what happens after the climax
20. Resolution- the final outcome.
21. Conflict- the main problem or struggle in the story.
22. The three characteristics of a short story:
a. Very few characters
b. Only one or two settings
c. The action happens, rises, and falls very quickly.
23. Drawing
24. Universal theme: A theme everyone can relate to no matter where or when it takes place.
25. The three most common universal themes are: rags to riches, love conquers all, and good vs. evil.
26. Science fiction is a fictional work that involves realistic science elements (robots, computers, etc) but is fictional in the setting and the extent of the science abilities.
27. Three characteristics of science fiction: computers, robots, space exploration, science, technology.
28. Harlem was located in New York City.
29. The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural arts movement.
30. Harlem Renaissance originally focused on literature.
31. Langston Hughes
PART TWO (your answers will need to be in ARMT format)
32. Victor
33. Teresa will be his girl.
34. Teresa is in the class.
35. He pretends to know French, but he doesn’t, and he embarrasses himself.
36. A mean, grimacing look.
37. The teacher understands what it is like to like a girl and pretend to be someone you’re not.
38. OPINION
39. Drawing
40. His parents
41. He could find objects when they weren’t visible.
42. The green star or a giant emerald.
43. A blue shirt.
44. His parents
45. DRAWING
46. The house.
47. August, 2026 after the world has ended.
48. They were killed in a bombing or some other deadly event.
49. This poem compares the useless of people to nature to the uselessness of them to the technologically advanced house. Just as nature will continue to function without people, the house will go on and keep functioning when the people are gone.
50. The house catches on fire and burns down.
51. Mrs. Luellea Bates Washington Jones and Roger.
52. He wants money to buy blue suede shoes.
53. She grabs him and puts him in a half-nelson hold. She then takes him home with her.
54. She makes him clean his face.
55. She wants to show him that she trusts him.
56. Money for the shoes.
57. DRAWING
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