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A brief overview of short story elements and literary devices
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A thesis should contain all of the following EXCEPT:
Debatable Assertion
Year of Publication
Title
Author
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You SHOULD NEVER do which of the following when writing a CR
stay in present tense
stay in third person
cite the text
use contractions
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music is my drug because it heals my scars
metaphor
simile
personifcation
alliteration
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the main character of the story
protagonist
archetype
conflict
antagonist
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If she'd been born 200 years ago they would have burned her at Salem.
metaphor
allusion
simile
personification
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CRs should contain how many quotes?
Three
Four
Two
One
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I came in like a wrecking ball
alliteration
metaphor
personification
simile
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what you say is the opposite of your intended meaning
juice
situational irony
dramatic irony
verbal irony
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type of conflict: man is trying to get up the courage to ask out his crush
man vs nature
man vs society
man vs man
man vs self
10
the narrator sees into ONE person's thoughts and feelings
first person perspective
third person omniscient
third person limited
second person perspective
11
Which of the following is UNTRUE?
You do not need to write out the word "page" in parenthesis
Put the period INSIDE the quotation marks when citing
Use the author's last name inside the parenthesis
Put the parenthesis at the end of your cited sentence.
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a struggle between two opposing forces
conflict
antagonist
climax
symbol
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All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.
repetition
metaphor
simile
alliteration
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a hint about what is going to happen later in the story
prophecy
flashback
clue
foreshadowing
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the audience knows something that a character does not
dramatic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
bread
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just keep it inside your head like your favorite tune
hyperbole
personification
simile
metaphor
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The slim slimy snake slithered through the grass.
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
18
Splat
went the rotten tomato as it fell to the floor.
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
simile
imagery
19
The mottled colors of pink, rose, red and orange appeared in the horizon.
sensory detail
allusion
simile
metaphor
20
a scene that returns to events in the past
climax
flashback
foreshadowing
figurative language
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the perspective from which a story is told
speaker
point of view
narrator
protagonist
22
The emotion a text creates in the reader.
mood
tone
audience
direct address
23
the American flag
catnip
metaphor
symbol
allusion
24
the sequence of events making up a story
theme
plot
climax
progression
25
a man wins the lottery and dies the next day
Sharknado
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
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a specific reference to a famous person, event or thing
antonym
allusion
metaphor
personification
27
MLA: The title of a short story should be:
Put in Quotation Marks
Underlined
Put in Italics
Put in All Caps
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type of conflict: trying to convince your mom to let you go to the party
man vs nature
man vs society
man vs man
man vs self
29
Stronger than an avalanche, the force of his convictions moved him to vote.
simile
metaphor
imagery
personification
30
Best class of the day
English
Lunch
Math
Gym
31
I would fly to the moon and back if you would be my baby
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
32
Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart.
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
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type of conflict: a man is fighting a bear
man vs man
man vs society
man vs self
man vs nature
34
I would walk 10,000 miles just to fall down at your door
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
35
the opposite of what is expected occurs
frog
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
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The emotion an author displays for his subject.
argument
tone
mood
atmosphere
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type of conflict: a man is trying to escape jail
man vs society
man vs nature
man vs self
man vs man
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the person telling the story is the main character
second person perspective
third person limited
first person perspective
third person omniscient
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words spoken between characters
audience
monologue
dramatic irony
dialogue
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the author's central message
narrator
theme
tone
foreshadowing
