Short Story - Key Vocabulary

In literature, a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant is referred to as ____________.

• Theme

• Imagery

• Irony

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The author or poet's attitude or feeling toward something is the ____________.

• Theme

• Plot

• Irony

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's choice of words or _______________, is also called the writer's voice.

• Denotation

• Plot

• Symbolism

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

_______________ is defined as the associated meanings that come from a word’s use in various social contexts. Also, the emotional connection to words.

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Symbolism

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

______________ a comparison between two unlike things using ‘like,’ ‘as,’ ‘than,’ or similar comparative words.

• Genre

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Language that appeals to the senses is called _____________.

• Imagery

• Theme

• Irony

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The sea swallowed the victims of the capsized boat." is an example of the use ___________________.

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

One who tells a story, the speaker or the “voice” of an oral or written work is the ________________.

• Mood

• Setting

• Narrator

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

_______________ is defined as clues or hints in the writing that lead the reader to often predict what will happen later in the story.

• Forshadowing

• Personification

• Narrator

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

TRUE or FALSE. I should really pay more attention in class while Mr. Pratt is talking.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6