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Short Story Unit: Lit Terms & Fig Lang

Authored by Destiny Suson

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Short Story Unit: Lit Terms & Fig Lang
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the following

Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Personification

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

Flashback

the hint about events to come

Foreshadowing

the insertion of a scene showing an earlier event

Imagery

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the following

Tone

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

Verbal Irony

the attitude or viewpoint that an author shows toward their subject

Situational Irony

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

Dramatic Irony

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

Mood

words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Match the following

Simile

anything that stands for or represents something else

Irony

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

Metaphor

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

Symbol

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the following

Internal

the main character struggles against an outside force

Conflict

struggle between opposing forces that forms the basis of a story

External

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

Antagonist

a character in conflict with himself

Climax

highest point of tension

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the following

Exposition

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

Narrator/ Speaker

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

Falling Action

the introduction of a short story

Dialogue

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

Plot

a conversation between characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Match the following

Setting

the final outcome of the story where conflicts are resolved

Rising Action

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.

Resolution

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

Protagonist

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

7.

REORDER QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Reorder the following

Resolution

Climax

Falling Action

Exposition

Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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