You Think You Know Literary Elements

What are the three types of Irony?

• Situational, Developmental & Verbal

• Verbal, Situational & Dramatic

• Developmental, Situational & Vocational

• Verbal, Literary, & Dramatic

A flashback can be used to.... (multiple answers)

• Better understand the future of a character

• Understand the characters relationships with other characters

• Get a sense of what happened to a character prior to a main event in a story

• Learn more about a characters background

Authors often use foreshadow to....

• Give a hint of the past within the story

• Give a hint of present events with other characters

• Give a glimpse of what will happen through the lens of a crystal ball

• Give a glimpse into the future within a book or story

 A character stepping out into a hurricane and saying, “What nice weather we’re having!” is an example of ___________ irony

In the movie Toy Story, the idea that Buzz Lightyear thinks he is a real space ranger but the other toys and the audience knows that he is just a toy is an example of _______ irony.

In North by Northwest, George Kaplan is a fictional secret agent and does not really exist. The audience is made aware early in the film that Kaplan is just a decoy. Thornhill is seen searching for Kaplan and has no clue that he is not a real person. This is an example of __________ irony

Excerpt from Messy Room by Shel Sylverstein:

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!His underwear is hanging on the lamp.His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.His workbook is wedged in the window,His sweater’s been thrown on the floor.

In this poem the owner discovers the room is his own. This is an example of which type of irony.

• Dramatic

• Verbal

• Virtual

• Situational

An example of flashback from a movie is

• In Ratatouille when Anton Ego thinks back to his childhood and remembers his mother’s cooking which comforts him after he comes home in tears.

• In Frozen when Elsa and Anna sniff the air and say together "Chocolate"

• In "Back to the Future" when they hopped in the time machine

• In “The Sixth Sense”, young Cole discloses his secret about his ability to see dead people. His prophetic confession to Dr. Crowe, “They don’t know they’re dead,” reveals the plot of the story.

An implied or indirect reference especially in literature is the definition of an ________

What is this quote an example of? "Why are you always such a Scrooge? It doesn't cost much, and it'll be fun!"

• Verbal Irony

• Allusion

• Foreshadow

• Flashback