Elements of a Short Story

Game time!

Read through “Elements of Short Stories”

You have 5 minutes. GO!!

What is a dynamic character?

For 2 points:

Is the protagonist the good guy or the bad guy?

For 1 points:

Name 2 kinds of characterization.

For 4 points:

Describe first person point of view.

For 2 points:

Describe third person omniscient.

For 2 points:

What are the 4 kinds of conflict?

For 8 points:

What is personification?

For 2 points:

Define a metaphor.

For 2 points:

What is the rising action?

For 2 points:

How does the setting of a short story affect the behaviour of the characters, and the

events that take place in the story?

For 5 points:

How might the point of view the story is told in affect the reader and the meaning of the story?

For 4 points:

What are the various types of conflict a character can face?

For 8 points:

Describe mood.

For 3 points:

What is a round character?

For 2 points:

What would stories be like if we took out moods and descriptive language?

For 5 points:

What are the 6 kinds of characters?

For 12 points:

Describe limited omniscient point of view.

For 3 points:

Describe objective point of view.

For 3 points:

What are the 4 types of characterization?

For 8 points:

What is foreshadowing? Use an example from one of our texts.

For 4 points:

What are 3 of the ways that we can think about themes or analyze characters?

For 6 points:

List the 6 typical plot components.

For 12 points: