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Elements of a Short Story
Elements of a Short Story
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Which word has the most negative connotation?
smirk
grimace
smile
grin
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"His thick eyebrows and pointed military moustache were as black as the night."
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
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What are the types of verbal irony?
understatement and overstatement
singing and speaking
speaking and hearing
situational and dramatic
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Denotation
fictional text
purposeful reference
direct and specific meaning
mind picture
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Is this dramatic irony?
FALSE
TRUE
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What does the author use to create mood in a story?
word choice
figurative language
tone
imagery
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What is a symbol?
The setting of a piece
An object that represents an idea
The main lesson of the piece
A reoccurring idea
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What is a metaphor?
When one thing is used as a representation of another thing.
When one thing is described as another to create an image in the mind.
Language that is visually descriptive and often evokes the senses.
A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point.
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"Trying to see through the dark night was like trying to see through thick, black velvet."
metaphor
personification
imagery
simile
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What Is a simile?
Comparing things using like or as.
a comarasion not using like or as
pokemon stuff.
Smile spelled wrong.
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What is a
flashback
?
When 2 characters are speaking together.
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a scene in a novel set in a time earlier than the main story
When something hilarious happens to a character.
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What is theme?
Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don't.
Hints to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story.
When an object or action is described as something that is not literal.
The central idea or concept of a story.
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What is a flashback in literature?
Comedy in which tragic subject matter is dealt with humorously.
An interruption in chronological order to take a reader back in time.
A device authors use to keep the readers' interest alive.
Language that is visually descriptive and often evokes the senses.
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A Flat Character
one-dimensional, has only a few, easily defined traits
experiences multiple emotions, capable of choosing right or wrong
changes, comes to a major realization
a character type, like "the nerd"
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dramatic irony
the opposite of what you expect
a brief and in direct reference to a person, place, or thing
a speaker speaks something contradictory to what is intended
the audience knows more than the characters
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Verbal Irony
Saying the opposite of what you mean (sarcasm)
Speaking the truth
The use idioms
Saying a little white lie
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Like moist black velvet. This is an example of...
Imagery
Irony
Simile
Illusion
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What is a protagonist?
The leading character in the story
The person who undergoes many changes in a story
The person who opposes the main charcter
The person who does not change in a story
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He is a night owl.
metaphor
simile
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What is Tone?
*peep smol katelyn and georgia*
author's attitude towards audience
sound of music
way the story makes you feel
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The two types of conflict are
inferior and external
expository and informal
internal and extra
internal and external
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The strategy used to write a TDA (Text Dependept Analysis)
EXPLAIN
SLANT
RACE
STEAL
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What is voice in literature?
The authors diction.
How the author uses imagery.
How the author uses examples.
the style in which a certain author writes his or her works.
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What are the three types of irony?
Dynamic, Static, Flat
Copper, gold, bronze
JiaLi, Haley, Jialey
Situational, Verbal, Dramatic
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Annotation
Notation to comment or explain ideas or process
Comment to explain ideas
Notation to label
Comment to explain process
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What is Situational Irony?
when audience is aware of something that the character isn't
someone says the opposite of what they really feel/mean.
OH HOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED
when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen, happens.
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What is characterization?
A device authors use to keep their readers' interest throughout the work.
Character traits, motives, and psychology developed in a narrative.
A character who lacks conventional heroic attributes.
Language that is visually descriptive and often evokes the senses.
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Suspense is...
stressing the importance of a word
a dirty pair of pants
wanting to know what will happen next
giving a hint as to what will happen later in the story
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What has a negative connotation?
Saving
Cheap
Thrifty
Frugal
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personification
giving human qualities to an unhuman thing
exaggeration that cannot be true
describe in a particular way
outside observer
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What is irony?
Language that is visually descriptive and often evokes the senses.
When what is on the surface differs radically what is actually the case.
The central idea or concept of a story.
Using objects or ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
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What is foreshadowing?
Hintsto readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story.
When one thing is described as another to create an image for the reader.
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis.
Languagethat is visually descriptive and often evokes the senses.
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Which word has the most positive connotation?
smirk
grin
grimace
smile
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Connotation can be positive or negative
False
True
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The definition or dictionary meaning of a word
connotation
denotation
citation
annotation
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Select ALL of the answers that are types of external conflict?
man vs society
man vs man
man vs his conscience
man vs nature
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The strategy used to discover character traits.
RACE
STEAL
SLANT
EXPLAIN
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Connotation involves what?
feelings and emotions
fake definition
dictionary definition
literal definition
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What is symbolism?
Hints to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story.
The central idea or concept of a story.
Using words or ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
That which is on the surface differs from what is actually the case.
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Pick the Onomatopeoia
Water
Marker
Computer
Crackle
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What is internal conflict?
Character vs. nature
Character vs. self
Character vs. character
Character vs. society
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A static character...
gets shocked by electrical outlets
doesn't change past how they were initially presented
cannot make up their mind
changes many times during the story
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What is an Antagonist
The person that cannot do math
The character that opposes the main character
The leading character in a story
The person that is has just 1 trait
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Dynamic Character
Changes, comes to a major realization
Character who does not change and remains stead throughout.
One-dimensional, has only a few, easily defined traits
Multi-faceted, capable of choosing right or wrong
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Conflict means that there is a ...
doubt
fear
concern
problem
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What is hyperbole?
When one thing is described as another to create an image in the mind.
A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point.
The central idea or concept of a story.
Language that is visually descriptive and often evokes the senses.
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What are the two types of characterization?
relatable and indirect
modern and old-fashioned
direct and subtle
direct and indirect
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What is a plot?
A series of interconnected events with no purpose.
A series of interconnected events with a specific purpose.
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Check all that apply - Setting can be:
real
imaginary
fictional
fake
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What are the 5 stages of plot?
Exposition, rising action,climax, falling action, resolution
Rhyme, climax, falling action, bias, and exposition
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, Theme
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Making notes about your thinking as you read
citation
annotation
denotation
connotation
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What is imagery?
Language that is visually descriptive and often evokes the senses.
When what is on the surface differs radically what is actually the case.
Describing something in a way that is not the literal meaning.
When one thing is described as another to create an image.
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What are examples of mood?
Lonely, sad, angry
Smooth, rough, or bumpy
Long, short, skinny
Purple, red, and blue
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What is a setting?
people/animals in the story
super hero
where + when the story takes place
made up story with characters
