Lit Terms Pt. 1
Lit Terms Pt. 2
Short Stories
DGP/Grammar
SCHAFFER/MLA
100

Define "static character"

A character who does not undergo any type of change throughout a story 

100

Provide the term that goes along with this definition:

traits, characteristics, and mannerisms supposedly shared by all members of a group

Stereotype 

100

Who is the author of "Harrison Bergeron" ?

*both first and last names to receive points

Kurt Vonnegut 

100

When identifying sentence parts during DGP practice, you underline the subject how many times?

once 

100

CM in SCHAFFER refers to... 

Commentary 

200

When does the catastrophe of a story take place?

At the end

200

The mood of a story is associated with how the _______ feels. 

Reader

200

What is considered the climax/turning point in the story "Harrison Bergeron" ? 

When Harrison appears on TV, claims that he is the emperor, and takes off his handicaps

200

a, an, the are called _______ adjectives

article 

200

True or False: SCHAFFER structure is used to organize introduction and conclusion paragraphs in an essay. 

False 

300

The following scenario describes which type of irony?

Jing-mei’s mother believes she can make her daughter a prodigy through piano lessons and strict control. Despite her mother’s efforts, Jing-mei fails the piano recital and ultimately rejects her mother’s expectations, which is the opposite of what the mother intended.

Situational Irony- reversal of expectation 

300

SNL, The Simpsons, and Teen Titans Go all mimic something recognizable and exaggerate it to create humor, which makes them classic examples of ____.

Parodies 

300

List the antagonists of all three of our short stories

(must get all three correct to receive the points)

Jing-Mei's mother, Diana Moon Glampers, Patrick Maloney 
300
What is the complete predicate in the sentence:


The students are interviewing their parents for a project. 

are interviewing their parents for a project

*includes everything that is not the subject 

300

Where does the header appear on a document, AND what information appears in this section?

*must answer both correct to receive full points- be specific 

upper right 

Student's last name & #

400

Biblical Allusion appears in which two of our short stories?

"Harrison Bergeron" and "Lamb to the Slaughter" 

400

"small crowd" is an example of which literary term?

Oxymoron 

400

Name a secondary character from "Lamb to the Slaughter" *must provide name

Jack Noonan or Sam the Grocer

400

When diagramming a sentence, prepositions such as "to, with, and from" appears on what kind of a line?

slanted/diagonal 

400

List the MLA heading information in the correct order

Your Name

Teacher's Name

Class

Date 

500

With your group, create a theme statement for the story "Lamb to the Slaughter"

Must follow our theme statement rules

1) complete sentence

2) no mention of specific names/title

3)avoids absolutes (always, never,all)

500

Explain the difference between personification and anthropomorphism. 

Personification: You don’t actually believe the object can think or act; it’s just a figure of speech. - associated with objects or ideas

Anthropomorphism: Associated with animals, where animals talk, walk, behave like humans 

500

What is a theme concept shared by all three stories?

The tension between individuality and external expectations or pressures.

500

Provide an example of an indefinite pronoun 

someone, anyone, everyone, nobody, anything, everything, each, few, many, all

500

In MLA, this punctuation style is used to indicate the source of a quotation or paraphrase

Parenthetical Citation