Short Story Unit: Lit Terms & Fig Lang

Match the following

• Personification

• the insertion of a scene showing an earlier event

• Flashback

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Imagery

• the hint about events to come

• Hyperbole

• visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

• Foreshadowing

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

Match the following

• Verbal Irony

• the atmosphere of a piece of writing that is built and supported by the author's description of the setting and characters

• Situational Irony

• the attitude or viewpoint that an author shows toward their subject

• Mood

• words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

• Dramatic Irony

• the audience knows information about the events or plot line that the character does not

• Tone

• an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, reader or audience

Match the following

• Metaphor

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

• Symbol

• anything that stands for or represents something else

• Irony

• a situation or event that is opposite of what is to be expected; a difference between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intentio

• Simile

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more vivid

Match the following

• Conflict

• highest point of tension

• Climax

• the character who opposes the protagonist or main character; often a villain

• External

• struggle between opposing forces that forms the basis of a story

• Internal

• the main character struggles against an outside force

• Antagonist

• a character in conflict with himself

Match the following

• Exposition

• a speaker or character who tells a story; imaginary voice.

• Falling Action

• The sequence of events that takes place in a literary work that includes characters and conflicts.

• Plot

• the introduction of a short story

• Narrator/ Speaker

• a conversation between characters

• Dialogue

• occurs after the climax as things begin to work themselves out in the story

Match the following

• Resolution

• occurs as you begin to move throughout the story. This is where conflicts start to build just like when you climb a mountain you are moving further along.

• Protagonist

• main character in a work of fiction; the one readers would like to see succeed

• Setting

• the final outcome of the story where conflicts are resolved

• Rising Action

• the time and place in which events occur in a literary work.

Reorder the following

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Internal Conflict

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(b) External Conflict

• An individual must confront their fears and insecurities in order to move forward.

• A protagonist faces a moral dilemma that challenges their beliefs and values.

• A group of explorers must battle the elements and wildlife in a remote jungle.

• A world where toys are sentient, one denies that he is a toy at all.

• Dinosaurs escape and the main character (s) have to find a way to survive.

• An alien invasion threatens the existence of humanity.

• A zombie outbreak has wiped out most of the world. The ones left must learn to survive.

• After losing his wife, a man must deal with the loneliness whilst on an adventure.

• Contestants in a game of survival must fight in a dome to be the winner.

• A person grapples with their own identity and tries to find their place in the world.

• An individual is torn between their personal desires and their responsibilities to others.