Imagery, Symbolism, Flashback, Foreshadowing, and Irony

Authors use flashbacks to...

• help the readers understand events that happened to the characters before the story began

• show the readers what will happen to the characters in the future

• describe the story using the five senses

• to confuse the reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The sentence “She screeched and screamed like a spoiled child” is an example of which type of imagery?

• sound imagery

• taste imagery

• touch imagery

• smell imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

“Years ago, Michael stole a bike from his neighbor. He never got caught and never told anyone, but he always felt guilty.” This is an example of...

• situational irony

• flashback

• symbol

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is dramatic irony?

• When an audience knows something that the characters in a story don’t know

• When an author uses words that appeal to the reader’s sense of hearing

• When a character says one thing and means another

• When what happens is the opposite of what one expects

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

It was pouring down rain, but my brother commented, “What a beautiful day it is!” What type of irony is this?

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When something happens in a story or movie when a character or the narrator remembers something that happened to them in the past, it’s called..

• imagery

• flashback

• symbol

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

“The brightly colored yellow, green, purple, and blue costumes seen during the Mardi Gras parade made the atmosphere so exciting” is an example of which type of imagery?

• sight

• smell

• touch

• taste

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What does the color yellow symbolize?

• happiness

• death

• love

• jealousy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A man who is known as a perfect gentleman slams the door in a woman’s face. This is an example of which type of irony?

• situational

• dramatic

• verbal

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Something that is usually a physical object which represents something else, such as an abstract idea is called...

• irony

• symbolism

• flashback

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5