Literary Devices
Plot
Short Story Elements
Authors
Short Stories
100
Comparison using like or as.
What is a simile
100
The complication or development of the conflict.
What is Rising Action
100
The time and place where the story takes place.
What is Setting
100
Wrote 'Story of an Hour'
Who is Kate Chopin
100
What is a theme of "Lamb to the Slaughter"
What is betrayal or revenge.
200
Attributing humanlike qualities to inanimate things.
What is personification.
200
Turning point of the story- point of most intense interest.
What is the climax
200
The mood to feeling which pervades the story.
What is Atmosphere.
200
Wrote "The Great Stone Face"
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne.
200
Name the three men who claimed to be the Great Stone Face.
Who are Gathergold, Blood and Thunder, and Old Stony Phiz.
300
BUZZ, CLICK, SNAP, CHOP. Are examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia.
300
Designed to arouse the reader's interest; background information is provided.
What is the Exposition/Introduction.
300
One character telling the story - we only know as much as this narrator. Is an example of what P.O.V?
What is first person
300
Wrote "The Emperor's New Clothes"
Who is Hans Christian Anderson.
300
Mary was ready to take responsibility for the murder. What made her change her mind?
What is the fate of her unborn child.
400
A comparison using is or a form of is.
What is a metaphor.
400
Outcome of the conflict.
What is the Resolution.
400
The author tells the story using third person. Author knows all what is done, said, felt, and thought by all characters.
What is Omniscient.
400
Wrote "Lamb to the Slaughter"
Who is Roald Dahl.
400
The words that Mrs. Mallard repeats as she looks out her window at the blue sky.
What is "free, free, free".
500
The setting together of two words of opposite meaning. IE burning cold, silent whisper.
What is Oxymoron.
500
Events leading to the resolution.
What is the Falling Action.
500
Author tells the story from the third person, but limits observations of thoughts and feelings to one character.
What is limited omniscient.
500
Also wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach"
Who is Roald Dahl.
500
Who makes the discovery that Ernest is the Great Stone Face?
Who is the Poet.
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