Short Story Examples
"The dog frothed at the mouth, lying at the door, sniffing, its eyes turned to fire".
What is a Metaphor?
Danny is getting a haircut tomorrow at 12:30pm. Dad is driving him there and back.
What is Literal?
Arnold is the world's worst treated employee during "The Secret of The Mimic".
What is a Hyperbole?
Black and White fish in Jujutsu Kaisen represent Gojo and Geto.
What is a Symbol?
"Hellooo ev'rybody my name is Markiplier..."
What is a Motif?
"The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here.".
What is an Epiphany?
Roger is as big as a football nowadays.
What is a Simile?
Different coloured hearts represent the souls that fell into the underworld in the past.
What is a Symbol?
At the end of "Spiderman: No Way Home", the audience watches as Peter rehearses his re-introduction to MJ... But he changes his mind before he can tell her and MJ never learns his true identity.
What is Dramatic Irony?
Rosanna Pansino vs. Mr. Beast
What is a Foil?
"The room was warm, the curtains were closed, the two table lamps were lit. On the cupboard behind her there were two glasses and some drinks. Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home from work".
What is Imagery?
Natalie's mom's nail salon is called, "Natalie's Nails". It's a very catchy name.
What is an Alliteration?
Chicken Jockey.
What is Informal Language?
The movie "Howl's Moving Castle" compares the curse that makes Sophie turn into an old lady, and the curse that turns Howl into a hawk, to real life issues such as ageism and unrealistic beauty standards.
What is an Analogy?
The loveable and unproblematic Technoblade passed away tragically young, even though he was a great example for the youth of this generation.
"She said, 'But you have to have supper. I can easily fix you something. I'd like to do it. We can have lamb. Anything you want. Everything's in the freezer'." ... "Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause, she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head".
What is Foreshadowing?
Grandpa can be seen talking to his late wife sometimes, and he really believes that she is speaking back to him, even though she passed away over forty years ago.
What is an Illusion?
EXP, HP, and LV are usually things that you want to increase in most RPGS... except Undertale, if you're going for a pacifist route. These stats do not invoke heroicism and resilience, but violence and aggression.
What is a Connotation?
Whenever Jake says he doesn't have a crush on Amy during Season 1 and 2 of "Brooklyn 99".
What is Verbal Irony?
The Amazing Digital Circus: Episode 3 takes a moment to show Kinger speaking to his late wife, Queenie, who had abstracted many years ago.
What is a Flashback?
"But the fire was clever. It had sent flame outside the house, up through the attic to the pumps there. An explosion! The attic brain which directed the pumps was shattered into bronze shrapnel on the beams".
What is Tone?
Mom got straight A's in school and was at the top of her class, but later became a nail technician who now does not need to use any of the skills she had learned in school.
What is Situational Irony?
Despite the horrific tragedy that happens in the game "Omori", the creators used bright colours and upbeat music for most of the gameplay.
What is Tone?
In "Guardians of the Galaxy", Yondu holds an umbrella as he falls and says "I'm Mary Poppins y'all!"
What is an Allusion?
The creator of WHITEPINE uses soft music, ambient sound effects, quiet voice acting, and aesthetically pleasing Minecraft visuals to tell their story.