Characterization
Irony
The Giver
Literary Devices
Types of Conflict
100
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
100
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
What is verbal irony?
100
The protagonist.
Who is Jonas?
100
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
100
Joe wants to be class president, but so does Kim.
What is man vs. man?
200
The author literally tells the audience what a character is like via a narrator, another character, or by the character himself.
What is direct characterization?
200
When the audience knows something more than the characters do.
What is dramatic irony?
200
Imperfection is what makes life beautiful and meaningful.
What is theme?
200
The use of words or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen, without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense.
What is foreshadowing?
200
A hurricane destroys a family's home.
What is man vs. nature?
300
The quiet girl and her rambunctious brother strolled down the path to the beach.
What is direct characterization?
300
When what happens is the opposite of what you would expect to happen.
What is situational irony?
300
Jonas recalled the time that a jet that flew over the community, which was strictly forbidden.
What is flashback?
300
A transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal chronological order of events.
What is flashback?
300
The main type of conflict in The Giver.
What is man vs. society?
400
As Mr. Byrd walked by families, mothers pulled their children close to their side.
What is indirect characterization?
400
What is dramatic irony?
400
Name and describe 2 symbols.
(Answers varied)
400
The use of a concrete object to represent an abstract idea.
What is symbolism?
400
The struggle occurring within a character's mind.
What is internal conflict?
500
Name the five main ways authors indirectly characterize.
What is: through actions, dialogue/speech, looks, what other characters think of them, and what they think.
500
What is situational irony?
500
suspenseful, curious, grim, emotional
What is the mood?
500
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject or the reader in a work of literature.
What is tone?
500
Name the four types of conflicts and state if each one is internal or external.
What is: Man vs. Self- Internal Man vs. Man- External Man vs. Nature- External Man vs. Society- External