Short Story Test Review

the reader learns about the character by his words, actions, and what others say about him

• exposition

• foreshadowing

• indirect characterization

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

a play on words, usually using words that have more than one meaning

• metaphor

• analogy

• euphemism

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

a person, object, place, event, or action that represents something else

• setting

• symbol

• metaphor

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

the main idea, message, or insight revealed by the author

• resolution

• conflict

• theme

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

language that uses an extreme exaggeration to make a point

• allusion

• analogy

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

In "Harrison Bergeron," what did the government do to make people equal "in every which way"?

• Made them take the same classes

• Gave them equal pay

• Passed "Equal Opportunity" laws

• Assigned specific handicaps to people

Which of the following is not the setting of "Harrison Bergeron?"

• 2081

• government-issued handicaps

• United States

• the living room of the Bergeron's house

Which of the following characters has “average” intelligence?

• Hazel

• George

• Harrison

• Diana Moon Glampers

"He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder."

This quote is an example of:

• allusion

• exaggeration

• analogy

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the Handicapper General do to Harrison?

• gives him a fine

• puts him back into jail

• kills him

• banishes him from the United States