SHORT STORY UNIT TEST

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS SETTING MOOD TONE THEME PLOT POINT OF VIEW (PERSPECTIVE) NARRATOR PROTAGONIST ANTAGONIST FORESHADOWING

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

MOOD THE EMOTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF A PIECE OF LITERATURE EXAMPLE: THE MOOD OF “THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME” WAS EXCITING

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

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

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

POINT OF VIEW THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE NARRATOR EXAMPLE: “THE NECKLACE” IS WRITTEN IN 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW

NARRATOR THE PERSON TELLING THE STORY EXAMPLE: THE NARRATOR IN “CASK OF AMONTILLADO” WAS MONTRESSOR, THE PROTAGONIST

PROTAGONIST THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A STORY EXAMPLE: THE PROTAGONIST OF “THE BIRDS” WAS NAT HOCKEN

ANTAGONIST THE ENEMY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER: THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A PERSON THE ANTAGONIST OF “THE SCARLET IBIS” WAS DENNY’S ILLNESS

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.