Honors Freshmen Literary Terms & Short Story Review

"...gone floating after some man like a balloon on a string" is an example of

• a metaphor

• a simile

• dramatic irony

• symbolism

A character losing weight and dyeing their hair would make them a dynamic character.

• TRUE

• FALSE

"Everyday Use" is told in which Point of View?

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Foreshadowing is when an author hints at the ending of or at an upcoming event in the story without fully divulging it.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Identify the type of characterization being used: "She wrote me once that no matter where we choose to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends. "

• Direct

• Indirect

In 3rd person limited point of view, the narrator can dip in and out of the the internal life of anyone as needed.

• True

• False

Which type of irony is described as "When the audience is more aware of what is happening than a character"?

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic

A motif is an object, a picture, a written word, or a sound that is used to represent something else either by resemblance, convention, or association.

• True

• False

The antagonist of a story is always the "bad" guy.

• True

• False

Satire is defined as

• A short story, typically with a moral lesson at the end.

• the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's irrational behavior

• When the writer or speaker refers either directly or indirectly to a person, event, or thing in history.

• Interruptions that writers do to insert past events, in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative.