Short Stories
Literary Terms
Quote Option 1
Definitions
Synonyms
100
The theme is frustration and guilt
The Scarlet Ibis
100

Time and place of a story

setting

100

Punctuation that shows a quoted line

quotation marks

100

conclusion

deduction

100

to experience

undergo

200

The theme is growing up and discovering yourself

The House on Mango Street

200

The atmosphere or feeling the author creates

mood

200

The required punctuation used after the lead in to the quote

colon :

200

appropriate

apt

200

argumentative

contentious

300

"He had never slept in a better bed"

The Most Dangerous Game

300

A concrete object representing an abstract idea

symbolism

300

The lead into the quote must be

a complete sentence

300

unthinkable

inconceivable

300

however

nonetheless

400

Set in a Chicago neighborhood

The House on Mango Street

400

Can be revealed directly or indirectly

characterization

400

What is required before the colon

a lead in sentence

400

not related to

irrelevant

400

impulsive

capricious

500

"The streak of cruelty within me wakened"

The Scarlet Ibis

500

An advanced sign or warning of future events

foreshadowing

500

Format for parenthetical citation information

(Last name #).

500

foresee

portend

500

basically

fundamentally