Storytelling Quiz

_______ is using something funny to make a point, entertain, or balance out serious parts of a story.

• satire

• humor

• sarcasm

Level of Ridiculousness is a type of Exaggeration. It is when you ____.

• stretch the truth and reality in a way that’s enjoyable

• extreme exaggeration

• Satire

In a Parody, the main speaker may ___________.

• use dialect to make talking funny

• poke fun at everyone

• use characterization to develop characters

In Goodwill Ghost, the writer uses _______ through the descriptions of Sally Sue leading up the the Ghost being kind to her.

• Hyperbole

• Descriptive details

• Showing not telling

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is this an example of?

"Ekaterina was shocked by the cold. She’d known winters before, but never this far north and never this deep. Burrowed under furs as she was, she still felt her eyelashes freeze."

• Show don't Tell

• Characterization

• Visual details

This is an example of ___.

"Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before."

• Narrative fiction

• Hyperbole

• Satire

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

This is an example of _____.

It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff and harpoon and the sail that was furled around the mast. The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.

• Tone

• Descriptive details

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is an example of _____.

"Why are you always such a Scrooge? It doesn't cost much, and it'll be fun!"

• Descriptive details

• Characterization

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of irony is this example?

"A member of PETA wears leather shoes. Because PETA members work to protect animal rights, one would assume they would avoid products made from animal skins. "

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

This is an example of ______ irony.

"In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet is only asleep-not dead-but Romeo does not, and he kills himself."

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3