Vocabulary, Irony, & Fiction Review

the sequence of events that make up a story

• exposition

• plot

• rising action

• theme

v. to stoop to do something you think is beneath you

• notoriety

• condescend

• assert

• fortitude

This photo is an example of

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

The winner of the county-wide spelling bee fails their spelling test in class.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

During a rainstorm, someone says, "What lovely weather we are having!"

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

adj. Unable to speak clearly or effectively

• contemptuous

• acquittal

• assert

• inarticulate

The narrator of the story reveal that the main character inherits a fortune, but doesn't tell his family or friends.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

The Mega Millions lottery announces the numbers you have been playing every week for ten years, but you lost your ticket.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

the basic situation of the characters in a story; the first part of plot

• climax

• exposition

• rising action

• resolution

the part of the play or story when conflicts begin to be resolved

• resolution

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• exposition