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Short Stories
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Literary Elements
Irony and More
Wild Card
100
What is the setting of "The Most Dangerous Game?"
A fictional private island in The Caribbean that is called "Ship-Trap Island"
100
"The Lottery"
Shirley Jackson
100
A comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"
Simile
100
You expect one thing and get another
Situational Irony
100
What is the setting of "The Sniper?"
"The Sniper" takes place in Ireland's largest city, Dublin, on the country's east coast on Dublin Bay, an inlet of the Irish Sea. The time is nightfall in June after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The sniper posts himself on a rooftop in central Dublin near the Four Courts building, which houses the high courts of Ireland, and O'Connell Bridge, which spans the River Liffey. The Liffey divides the city into two sections as it runs eastward to Dublin Bay.
200
What year is "Harrison Bergeron" set?
2081
200
"Lamb to the Slaughter"
Roald Dahl
200
A comparison of two or more things without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
200
Words that are used to imitate a sound made by the subject. Examples: buzz, hiss, pop, etc.
Onomatopoeia
200
Who is the protagonist of The "Necklace?"
Mathilde Loisel
300
What is the primary example of irony in "The Sniper"
Our protagonist thought he had shot and killed the enemy. Sadly, he had shot his brother instead.
300
"The Most Dangerous Game"
Richard Connell
300
Giving human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, etc.
Personification
300
You say one thing but mean another
Verbal Irony
300
What is being hunted in "The Most Dangerous Game?"
Humans
400
What food is used as the murder weapon in "Lamb to the Slaughter?"
Leg of lamb
400
"The Sniper"
Liam O'Flaherty
400
A common saying or expression that is used in our society often.
Idiom
400
The reader knows more about the characters than they do
Dramatic Irony
400
What is the overall tone of "The Lottery?"
Tone, referring to the feeling that the author creates, shifts in "The Lottery" from peaceful, calm, and tranquil to cautious to horrified
500
What is the point of view of "The Necklace?" Explain what that means.
Third-person limited point of view - an outside observer is zooming in on the thoughts, feelings and actions of one character of the story.
500
"Harrison Bergeron"
Kurt Vonnegut
500
Obvious and intentional exaggeration
Hyperbole
500
The use of words that begin with the same sound or letter. Example: "...nodded, nearly, napping..."
Alliteration
500
What is the formation of mental images, figures, or likeness of things, etc.
Imagery