Standard Based Vocab Quiz

What is the best definition of THEME?

• A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 
• The location and time of the story
• The events that occur in the story
• The author's reason for writing a story

The outcome is opposite of what is expected to happen

• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• reversal
• caricature

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally means the opposite

• situational irony 
• dramatic irony
• verbal irony 
• satire 

When the exact opposite of what is expected happens

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Dramatic Irony is:

• When we, the readers, know what is happening but the characters do not

• When one thing is expected and the opposite happens

• When one thing is said but the opposite is meant

Indirect Characterization is:

• When an author plainly tells you what a character is like.

• When an author uses a characters speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks to tell the reader what the character is like.

• None of these.

Direct Characterization is:

• When the author uses the character's speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks to tell the reader what the character is like.

• When the author plainly states what the character is like.

• Neither of these.

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
• The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
• The time and place of the story
• The summary of events in the story

When a writer provides clues that hint at the story’s outcome

• FORESHADOWING
• DILEMMA
• MOOD
• SUSPENSE

Plot is

• Events that make up a story
• The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
• setting and characters
• the solution to the problem