Elements of Fiction
What do we call the point of the plot where we begin to see the consequences of the climax?
The falling action.
What do we call a run-on that is connected by a comma?
A comma splice.
The name Fortunato, who has ill-luck in Poe's short story, is an example of what?
Irony.
What is onomatopoeia?
When a word mimics the sound it describes.
How should internal dialogue be punctuated?
Italics
The engine purred is an example of what?
A metaphor.
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?
The dog with spots barked.
with spots
Offer a theme from Romeo and Juliet.
Teacher Decided.
A Shakespearean sonnet originates in England. Where does a Petrarchan sonnet originate?
Italy.
Of the 5 sources on my sources page, only 3 did I take quotes from to place in my paper. Do I title it a Works Cited page or a Bibliography?
Bibliography
What is it called when an author makes a reference to pop culture, a well-known historical event, or another famous work of literature.
An allusion.
How do you punctuate the following title? The Most Dangerous Game (a short story).
Using quotation marks.
Elie Wiesel was in which combined camp?
Auschwitz
Offer an example of a hyperbole.
Teacher decided
Who adopts Huck Finn at the end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
The widow.
The type of irony where the audience knows what is going to happen, but the characters do not.
Dramatic irony.
How could you fix the following run-on?
The sun was shining bright I put on sunscreen.
Teacher decided.
This line from Romeo and Juliet is an example of what?:
You have nimble soles, but I have a soul of lead.
Pun.
What sound device appears in the following line:
I think we are on the brink of something great.
Consonance or internal rhyme
What does it mean to be taciturn?
Quiet, silent
In this point of view, the narrator can tell us what a few of the characters are thinking, such as the protagonist and antagonist.
Third person limited omniscient
How is the prepositional phrase functioning in the following sentence?
The dog ran across the street.
Adverb.
Who was the main antagonist in The Most Dangerous Game?
General Zaroff
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Why were Tom and Huck in the graveyard when the doctor was killed?
To bring a dead cat to the woods to try to get warts off their hands.