Short Story Review Game

Match the correct definition with the following term: irony

• moral or lesson of a story

• an ian indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work.

• the opposite of what it seems.

• a writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story.

Match the correct definition with the following term: situational irony

• something that is different between what a reader or character expects and what actually happens.

• the reader knows something that a character does not.

• when someone says one thing and means another.

• the use of symbols (person, place, an object) to represent ideas

Match the correct definition with the following term: dramatic irony

• something that is different between what a reader or character expects and what actually happens.

• the reader knows something that a character does not.

• when someone says one thing and means another.

• the use of symbols (person, place, an object) to represent ideas

Match the correct definition with the following term: verbal irony

• something that is different between what a reader or character expects and what actually happens.

• the reader knows something that a character does not.

• when someone says one thing and means another.

• -the use of symbols (person, place, an object) to represent ideas

Match the correct definition with the following term: conflict

• a struggle between opposing forces; the main focus of the story.

• an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work.

• the use of symbols (person, place, an object) to represent ideas

• lesson or moral of a story

Match the correct definition with the following term: external conflict

• a character pitted against an outside force, such as nature, a physical obstacle, or another character.

• a problem that occurs within a character

• Man v. Self

Match the correct definition with the following term: internal conflict

• a character pitted against an outside force, such as nature, a physical obstacle, or another character.

• Man v. Man

• Man v. society

• a problem that occurs within a character

Match the correct definition with the following term: foreshadowing

• -the use of symbols (person, place, an object) to represent ideas

• something that is different between what a reader or character expects and what actually happens.

• a writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story.

• a figure of speech that hints at a person, place, thing, or event.

Match the correct definition with the following term: symbolism

• a figure of speech that hints at a person, place, thing, or event.

• a writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story.

• the reader knows something that a character does not.

• the use of symbols (person, place, an object) to represent ideas

Match the correct definition with the following term: allusion

• the use of symbols (person, place, an object) to represent ideas

• something that is different between what a reader or character expects and what actually happens.

• a writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story.

• a figure of speech that hints at a person, place, thing, or event.