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Vocabulary Shmocabulary
Elements of Fiction
On Good Terms with Literary Terms
What a Character!
Do You Remember?
100
definition: friendly
What is amiably
100
The time and place of a story
What is SETTING
100
"He ran like the wind" is an example of this type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.
What is SIMILE
100
Definition: the way an author reveals information about characters
What is CHARACTERIZATION
100
These stories are the only stories we read that are told in 1st PERSON POINT OF VIEW.
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "Sugarcane Fire"
200
definition: greedy
What is avaricious
200
The people or animals in a story
What is CHARACTERS
200
"The warm sun embraced me in its arms" is an example of this type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
What is PERSONIFICATION
200
In the acronym, A.S.A.T.O., the first "A" and "S" stand for these ways an author can reveal information about a character
What is Appearance and Speech
200
This is the MOOD of the beginning of "The Lottery"
What is upbeat, cheerful, lighthearted, happy, etc.
300
definition: boldly resistant or challenging something
What is defiantly
300
the sequence of events in a story; the sequence is as follows: 1. Exposition 2. Rising Action 3. Climax 4. Falling Action 5. Resolution
What is PLOT
300
A person, place or object that represents something beyond itself. Example: the monkey's paw in "The Monkey's Paw"
What is a SYMBOL
300
In the acronym A.S.A.T.O. the 2nd "A" and "T" stand for these ways an author can reveal information about a character.
What is ACTIONS and THOUGHTS
300
True or False: Every short story we read in class contains DIALOGUE
What is TRUE.
400
definition: irritably; in an annoyed way
What is petulantly
400
The conflict or struggle between two opposing forces; there are INTERNAL and EXTERNAL types
What is CONFLICT
400
A contrast between expectations and reality Example: Old man Warner calling the other villages that have gotten rid of the lottery cavemen, yet his village commits the most barbaric, savage-like crime every year
What is IRONY
400
In the acronym A.S.A.T.O., the "O" stands for this way in which an author can reveal information about a character
What is OTHER CHARACTERS' THOUGHTS, REACTIONS or FEELINGS ABOUT THE CHARACTER
400
In under 60 seconds, name every short story we have read in this unit IN ORDER starting from the 1st story we read.
What is 1."The Stone Boy" 2."Sugarcane Fire" 3. "The Tell-Tale Heart" 4. "The Most Dangerous Game" 5. "The Monkey's Paw" 6. "The Lottery
500
definition: overstepping one's boundaries
What is presumptuous
500
The meaning of a story or the message of a story; it is NOT one word, but a phrase or an idea
What is THEME
500
Definition: the way an author tells a story Example: In "The Tell-Tale Heart," Poe's use of repeated words and phrases, vivid imagery and foreshadowing
What is WRITING STYLE
500
Identify which METHOD (A, S, A, T or O) is used in the following passage and what is revealed about the character: "I think we ought to start over," Mrs. Hutchinson said. "I tell you it wasn't fair. Everybody saw that." (Tessie, "The Lottery")
What is SPEECH and it is revealed that she is disagreeing/protesting about the fairness of the ritual of the lottery, and it shows that now that she is the "winner" of the lottery, she thinks it is not right.
500
Name three DIFFERENCES between the short story and film version of "The Most Dangerous Game"
What is 1.female role, 2.more characters, 3.the ending (escape by boat), 4.weapons