Short Story Unit Review 10H

What theme matches the definition below?

There lies within man a seed of bitterness (and sometimes even true evil) that pits one against the other.

• Isolation and Alienation

• Man's Inhumanity to Man

• Maturation

• Reason vs. Desire

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What theme matches the definition below?

Significant events in one’s life, both positive and negative, combine to move one toward a more mature view of life itself.

• Isolation and Alienation

• Man's Inhumanity to Man

• Maturation

• Reason vs. Desire

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What theme matches the definition below?

The heart and mind are often in conflict; what the heart wants the mind knows to be a bad idea.

• Isolation and Alienation

• Man's Inhumanity to Man

• Maturation

• Reason vs. Desire

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What theme matches the definition below?

Whether chosen or forced upon a person, isolation and alienation have significant emotional repercussions.

• Isolation and Alienation

• Man's Inhumanity to Man

• Maturation

• Reason vs. Desire

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"The Scarlet Ibis" is filled with ________ early in the story, leading the reader to guess or think a character will die by the end.

• alliteration

• diction

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

"The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" is an example of _____________.

• Magical Realism

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Science Fiction

Which short stories include a character looking back at an experience which occurred in his/her youth?

• "Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"

• "All the Colors of Goodbye"

• "Fish Cheeks"

• "The Scarlet Ibis"

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which character, years after the story took place, learned a lesson from the events of the short story?

• The narrator in "The Scarlet Ibis"

• Amy in "Fish Cheeks"

• The narrator in "All the Colors of Goodbye"

• "Elisenda" in "The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which story uses verbal irony to satirize the characters presented?

• "The Scarlet Ibis"

• "Fish Cheeks"

• "Eveline"

• "The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is verbal irony?

• the opposite of what is expected happens

• audience knows something that one or more of the characters does not

• implying a different (often opposite) meaning than what is directly stated