Literary Techniques
Vocab
Short Stories
Media
Literary Elements
100

This is a writers’ technique in which the author provides clues or hints as to what is going to happen later in the story.

Foreshadowing

100

What is a narrative?

A story

100

What kills Miss Stoner?

A swamp adder (snake or speckled band works too)

100

What is the plural of the word 'Medium'

Media

100

List the 4 different types of Conflict.

Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature/God, Man vs. Society

200

A firehouse burning down is an example of which type of irony?

Situational Irony

200

What term can be used to classify an individual that is in conflict with the main character?

Antagonist

200

What is the name of the man that Miss Hinch kills at the beginning of the story?

John Catherwood

200

Describing a hockey game  as a “loss,” a “close game” or a “near-win” is an example of which bias?

Bias by word choice

200

This type of POV is told by a character in the story and 'seen' through their eyes.

First Person POV

300

What is it when an author makes a reference to something?

Allusion

300

Sarah Penn 'revolts' and seizes an opportunity. This 'seize opportunities when they are presented' is considered to be a key takeaway, what else can we call this takeaway?

Theme

300

Who is Sherlock Holmes' sidekick?

Dr. Watson

300
What is the term for someone who learned how to use tech later on in their life?

Digital immigrant

300

List the 6 points of the Plot Diagram.

Intro, I.I, R.A, Climax, F.A, Concl.

400

This is the contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true. Sometimes the reader may know more about the plot than a character.

Dramatic Irony

400

What is a positive or negative attitude towards something, often based on preconceived prejudices or viewpoints rather than the evidence?

Bias

400

What is the name of the man who killed the Martindale's?

Eli Goble

400

Using “More than 900 people attended the event” rather than “Fewer than 1,000 people showed up at the event” shows which bias?

Bias through statistics

400

This refers to the time and place in which a story takes place.

Setting

500

The projection of characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature.

Personification

500

This is when an author develops a fake name for themselves to protect their identity.

Pseudonym

500

Who kills his own crew to save lives?

Commander Oram

500

Who invented the first computer chip?

Robert Noyce

500

This type of POV is when we can see what is happening with all of the characters. 

3rd Person Omniscient

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