English

Short Story Terms

100

Foreshadow

What is predicting what will happen next.

200

Pun

What is a play on words?

300

the oppsite of the expected

What is irony

400

implied comparison

What is a metaphor

500

tradegy

What is a story with a sad ending in which the protagonist has a flaw which makes him go bad

Vocabulary

100

Vacuous

Empty; lack of intelligence

200

Interminable

Seems to last forever; goes on and on

300

Regale

Supply; to treat

400

Debased

Humiliate; disgrace; dishonor

500

atrocious

extremely brutal or wicked; of poor quality

Tenses

100

Happening now

What does present tenses mean?

200

happened previously

What does past tense mean?

300

Will happen

What does future tense mean?

400

has or have plus past participle

How do you use present perfect tense?

500

had plus the past participle

How do you use past perfect tense?