SHORT STORY UNIT TEST

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SHORT STORY UNIT TEST
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DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS

• SETTING
• MOOD
• TONE
• THEME
• PLOT
• POINT OF VIEW (PERSPECTIVE)
• NARRATOR
• PROTAGONIST
• ANTAGONIST
• FORESHADOWING

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SETTING

• THE TIME AND PLACE A STORY HAPPENED
• EXAMPLE THE SETTING OF THE BIRDS WAS DECEMBER
  3RD, CORNWALL, ENGLAND

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MOOD

• THE EMOTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF A PIECE OF
  LITERATURE
• EXAMPLE THE MOOD OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
  WAS EXCITING

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TONE

• THE STYLE IN WHICH THE STORY WAS WRITTEN. TONE
  IS NOT AN EMOTION
• EXAMPLE THE CASK OF AMANTILLADO HAD A DARK TONE

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THEME

• THE SUBJECT OR TOPIC OF THE STORY THE MAIN IDEA
• EXAMPLE THE THEME OF THE GIFT OF THE MAGI WAS
  THAT LOVE IS THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL

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PLOT

• THE STORYLINE, OR ACTION, OF A STORY
• EXAMPLE MONTRESSOR INVITES FORTUNATO TO HIS
  PALLAZO, THEY ENTER THE CATACOMBS, HE HANDCUFFS
  HIM TO A WALL, HE BUILDS A WALL AROUND HIM

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POINT OF VIEW

• THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE NARRATOR
• EXAMPLE THE NECKLACE IS WRITTEN IN 3RD PERSON
  POINT OF VIEW

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NARRATOR

• THE PERSON TELLING THE STORY
• EXAMPLE THE NARRATOR IN CASK OF AMONTILLADO
  WAS MONTRESSOR, THE PROTAGONIST

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PROTAGONIST

• THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A STORY
• EXAMPLE THE PROTAGONIST OF THE BIRDS WAS NAT
  HOCKEN

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ANTAGONIST

• THE ENEMY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER THIS DOES NOT
  HAVE TO BE A PERSON
• THE ANTAGONIST OF THE SCARLET IBIS WAS DENNYS
  ILLNESS

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FORESHADOWING

• HINTS WITHIN THE TEXT TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN LATER
• EXAMPLE WHEN MONTRESSOR SAYS THAT HE WANTS
  REVENGE ON FORTUNATO IN THE 1ST PARAGRAPH OF
  CASK WE KNOW THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.