Fiction
What type of irony is the following an example of?
When a character says, “Everything is fine,” while standing in a burning building, it’s an example of this type of irony.
A. Situational Irony
B. Verbal Irony
C. Dramatic Irony
What is verbal irony?
A conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
“The waves crash / The gulls cry / The sky whispers blue” — this poem doesn’t rhyme or follow a regular rhythm, so it’s an example of ___.
What is free verse?
“Time is a thief” compares two things by saying one is the other.
What is a metaphor?
In a story, the moment when the main character realizes the truth about their best friend’s betrayal is called the story’s ___.
What is climax?
A feeling of anxious uncertainty about what will happen next is
What is suspense?
In a play, when a character says, “I have a bad feeling about this,” before something tragic happens, the author is using this technique to give a hint of the future.
What is foreshadowing?
In a poem, a group of lines separated by spaces is called a ___.
What are stanzas?
“The wind whispered secrets through the trees” gives human qualities to something non-human.
What is personification?
A poem that tells a story, includes characters, and has a clear plot—like “The Raven” or “Casey at the Bat”—is an example of what type of poem?
What is a narrative poem?
What is the theme of the following story?
A child put his hand into a jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment.
What is don't be greedy?
A long speech made by one character is...
What is a monologue?
“The stars winked at me from above” paints a mental image that appeals to the senses. This use of descriptive language is called ___.
What is imagery?
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” is an example of this type of extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
The sky wept as the storm rolled in.
What is personification?
What is this scenario an example of?
Katniss Everdeen must survive a hostile environment in the arena, battling thirst, hunger, and venomous creatures.
What is Man vs. Nature?
In Romeo and Juliet, the lines are divided into major sections called acts and smaller parts called ___.
What are scenes?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in lines like “whispering winds wove” is an example of ___.
What is alliteration?
“He was a real Romeo at the dance” refers to a famous lover from literature. This reference is called a(n) ___.
What is an allusion?
The method in which an author constructs a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance
What is direct characterization?
What type of conflict is the following an example of?
After breaking his mother's favorite vase, Casey struggles to decide whether he should tell his mother the truth or attempt to hide his mistake and blame the family dog.
What is man vs self?
or
What is internal conflict?
The playwright uses irony and foreshadowing to create tension and interest in the audience. These are both examples of ___.
What is suspense?
The tone of the following poem can be described as .....
“Monday Morning”
The alarm clock bellows
Five o’clock is too early for any human to be stirring. The warm sheets wrap
My tired body does not want releasing.
The mirror screams
I see a zit and a wild hair that needs pluckin
Monday mornings prod
The bed crawls near and into it I am falling.
What is exhausted?
The phrase “It’s raining cats and dogs” doesn’t mean animals are falling—it’s a common expression known as a(n) ___.
What is an idiom?
The audience knows Juliet has taken a sleeping potion, but Romeo believes she’s dead. What type of irony is this?
What is dramatic irony?