Elements of Short Stories Vocabulary

Name:__________________

Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.

 

_____	theme	1) the hero or good person in the story
_____	plot	2) story told in first person and is a true story
_____	exposition	3) something that stands for something else
_____	rising action	4) story told from the "I" point of view
_____	conflict	5) set of actions bringing the story to an end
_____	climax	6) the author's attitude toward the subject of his/her writing
_____	falling action	7) the opposing force(s) between the protagonist and antagonist
_____	resolution	8) where a story takes place
_____	flat character	9) plot in the story that builds to the climax
_____	rounded character	10) the high point of the story when the conflict is resolved
_____	protagonist	11) come across as real people
_____	antagonist	12) the force that opposes the protagonist
_____	tone	13)to chart a course
_____	setting	14)position from which the story is told to the reader
_____	autobiography	15) a piece of prose that can be read in one sitting
_____	first person	16) the main idea or message of the story
_____	third person	17) story told from the "he she they" point of view
_____	point of view	18) stereotype
_____	symbolism	19) background information
_____	short story	20) "wrap up" of the story plot