Which of the following statements BEST define story?The story is a sequence of events that provides structure, action, and conflict in literary works.The story is the element of a complex plot that occurs when the protagonist has a realization of truth.The story contains continuous action with no surprising twists or turns.The story is the main idea or theme of a literary work.

Apart from its length, what else makes a short story different from a novel? A. A short story can employ first-person point of view; a novel, because of its complexity, cannot. B. A short story normally does not have a complicated plot; a novel can have a complicated plot.  C. A short story does not have the five phases in a plot diagram; only a novel does. D. A short story’s characters face many small conflicts; a novel's characters deal only with large conflicts.

How can the theme of a story best be interpreted by the reader?A.The reader can rewrite the story using a different point of view.B.The reader can find a universal truth from the details in the story.C.The reader can imagine what happens next to the characters.D.The reader can provide a summary of the events discussed in the story.

What kind of information belongs in a summary of a story?several direct quotes from the storya long analysis of the story’s meaningonly a statement of the story’s themethe most important events and details

the series of events in a story created by the author.the tension between two opposing forces in a literary work.a warning or indication of a future event in the story.the time, place and circumstances in which a story is set.

Which statement best defines theme? A. the details of a plot B. the subject of a literary work C. the underlying message in a literary work D. the underlying conflict in a story