Short Stories
"Maple Street, 1959, 6:45 p.m., late summer" are all details that make up the ___________.
Setting
Foreshadowing is
when the author leaves a clue about what will happen in the future.
The alien is as tall as a mountain-is this a simile or metaphor?
Simile
Who is the protagonist in "Seventh Grade?
Victor
What is a struggle between two opposing forces in a story?
conflict
Fiction
When the opposite of what is expected happens, this is
Irony
"Maple street was a bedlam, an asylum for the insane" is an example of a ___________.
metaphor
Who is the antagonist in "The Treasure of Lemon Brown?"
The thugs/robbers/thieves/criminals
The way someone talks, their idioms, and their grammar all make up their _______ .
Dialect
What is the climax of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?"
Charlie shooting Pete Van Horn
Static, flat, round, dynamic are all types of
characters
"The angry, swirling clouds reflected Greg Ridley's mood" is an example of _________.
Personification
True or False, Greg is a dynamic character.
True
"See, it's working," said Michael. This is an example of what?
Dialogue
The part of the plot in "Seventh Grade" where we are introduced to Victor, Michael, and Teresa is called the
exposition
The exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution are all part of
The plot
Lemon's lucky litany of loot is an example of
Alliteration
What is Jimmy's last name from "After Twenty Years?"
Wells
Which os these is an onomatopoeia?
1. UFO
2. Zoom
3. Glow
Zoom
Which story has the theme "people lie"
"Seventh Grade"
A type or category of literature is a(n)
genre
The way that a story makes the reader feel is the _______.
Mood
Figures One and Two; are they flat or round?
Flat
Who is the author of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?"
Rod Serling