9/10 Literary Terms #4 St. - Practice

The lesson you learn from a story.

• theme

• moral

• allusion

• biography

In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house, but the unsuspecting character does not.

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• nonfiction

Example: A firehouse burns down. What is the irony type?

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Figurative irony

IF Abraham Lincoln had written a book about himself, it'd be...

• biography

• autobiography

• myth

• moral

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in the story does not know, this is called

• situational irony
• intelligent craft
• dramatic irony
• rising action

It's real and/or informational.

• fiction

• non-fiction

• tall-tales

• myths

Make-believe or fake stories.

• fiction

• non-fiction

• biographies

• autobiographies

Many historians and researchers have written stories and books about the short life of Abraham Lincoln. Those stories are...

• verbal irony

• autobiographies

• situational irony

• biographies

A reference to a well-known work of literature or a person or event.

• allusion

• moral

• alliteration

• autobiography

What is the meaning of the allusion?

My friend was being a total Scrooge when I asked her to share her M&Ms.

• Not wanting to share

• Excited about sharing

• Throwing them all away

• Counting the M&Ms