Unit 5 Short Stories Vocabulary 9th Grade

What does the exposition part of a story introduce?

• Characters and setting

• Climax and resolution

• Different points of view

• The final conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Which point of view uses the pronouns 'he, she, and they'?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is an example of figurative language?

• She had memorized all for the words.

• The leaf danced on the wind

• Coming of age

• Sam wished something terrible was going to happen

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of irony occurs when the audience knows something the character does not?

• None of the above

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict in literature?

• Person versus Technology/Machine

• Person versus Person

• Person versus Object

• Person versus Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What does '3rd Person Omniscient' mean?

• The narrator knows what each character thinks and feels

• The narrator knows only one character's thoughts

• The story is told directly to 'you'

• The story is told by one character

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is a 'flashback'?

• A hint about what will happen next

• A reference to another literary work

• An interruption in the plot to relate earlier events

• A contradiction in a character's actions

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• He was as tall as an oak tree

• My love is an ocean

• The leaf danced on the wind

• I nearly died laughing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the climax of a story?

• The point of greatest interest or suspense

• The resolution of the conflict

• The introduction of the conflict

• The events after the conflict is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does 'situational irony' refer to?

• When a speaker says one thing but means another

• When the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what was expected

• When a story references another work of art or literature

• When the audience knows something the characters do not

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A