Short Story Unit Final Test Review
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Please know the following information for your Short Story unit test. All of the
following information will be on your unit test.
Format of the test:
 Matching (literary terms to specific quotes)
 Multiple Choice (literary terms/stories)
 Short Answer (1-3 complete sentences)
 Short essay (1-3 paragraphs)-will be opinion based
Literary Terms:
Know the following literary terms:
 Plot
 Setting
 Mood
 Exposition
 Rising Action
 Climax
 Falling Action
 Resolution
 Dynamic Character
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Static Character
Main character
Minor character
Theme
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
Situational Irony
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
You need to know the following information from the stories we read:
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
 Major events/characters (from your short story organizer)
 Know who is the dynamic character and who is the static character and
why
 Know where the main events from the story fall on the plot diagram
 Major themes of the story (from your short story organizer)
 Examples of irony from the story (from your irony chart)
“The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty
 Major events/characters (from your short story organizer)
 Examples & explanation of dramatic and situational irony (from your
irony chart)
 Major themes of the story (from your short story organizer)
 How the author uses conflict and irony to create a suspenseful mood
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe
 Major events/characters (from your short story organizer)
 Major themes of the story (from your short story organizer)
 Examples & explanation of verbal and dramatic irony (from your irony
chart)
 Be able to describe the mood of the story and give examples from the story,
including how the author uses setting and irony to create the mood
“The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson
 Major events/characters (from your short story organizer)
 Major themes of the story (from your short story organizer)
 Examples of direct & indirect characterization (from your notes)
 Examples of dramatic & situational irony from the story
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