1. Short Story Unit Review
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POV
Characters
Vocabulary
Irony
Figurative
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3. A struggle within a character’s emotions, desires or needs is called ___________ ______________.

4. Answer internal conflict

5. Give an example of external conflict in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown.”

6. Answer Greg and Lemon scare away thugs that try to look for a treasure
Answer Greg and Lemon scare away thugs that try to look for a treasure. Or Greg’s dad won’t let him play basketball.

7. On a plot line, the main conflict is introduced to help the story get going. What is this called?

8. Answer basic situation

9. Name a story that we’ve read that is narrated in first person point of view.

10. Answer Raymond’s Run or Ransom of Red Chief or Green Mamba

11. The Monkey’s Paw is an example of what type of point of view?

12. Answer omniscient

13. A character that changes by the end of the story is known as a _____ character.

14. Answer dynamic

15. The reasons that a character acts or behave a certain way are known as this: __________

16. Answer: motivation

17. The way an author describes a character is known as ________
The way an author describes a character is known as ________. (+100 pts if you can name both types)

18. Answer characterization direct and indirect

19. Villain = ___________ Hero = _________

20. Answer villain = antagonist hero = protagonist

21. Mr. Davis is very smart. This is an example of _____________ ____________.

22. Answer direct characterization

23. The use of hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

24. Answer foreshadowing

25. An interruption in the present action of a pot to show events that happened at an earlier time.

26. flasback

27. List three types of point of view we’ve discussed.

28. Answer first person, omniscient, and third person limited

29. Jealousy, kindness, and family values might all be ideas about life that a piece of literature could reveal. They are known as _________.

30. Answer theme

31. Draw and label all parts of a plot diagram
Draw and label all parts of a plot diagram. (There will be five parts labeled.)

32. Answer basic situation, rising action, climax, resolution, falling action

33. Which would be an example of dramatic irony. A
Which would be an example of dramatic irony? A. The audience sees a trickster place a trap before the victim sees it. B. The victim is hurt in a dramatic race to a prize.

34. Answer: A

35. A contrast between what is said and what is meant.

36. Answer verbal irony

37. A toddler surprises people by being able to sing the national anthem better than adult. What is this an example of?

38. Answer situational irony

39. Irony can be used to create two things: 1. ________ 2. _________

40. Answer Humor or deep thinking

41. List the three types of irony and spell them correctly!

42. Answer verbal situational dramatic

43. Language that appeals to our senses is called ____________.

44. Answer imagery

45. These are expressions peculiar to a particular language or culture and mean something totally different than what the words actually say.

46. Answer idioms

47. I have butterflies in my stomach. Draw a picture of the literal meaning.

48. Answer There are actually winged insects in your stomach!

49. “She was a bear in the morning
“She was a bear in the morning.” The _________ meaning of this _____________ is that she was very grumpy in the morning.

50. Answer figurative, metaphor

51. “Even the smell of fresh cookies tickling his taste buds, couldn’t catch him off guard.” The sentence above has an example of __________ in it.

52. Answer: personification

53. Final Jeopardy Clue Who wrote “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”?

54. Answer Walter Dean Meyers

55. Be ready for… Knowing terms and their definitions
Characterization – know the difference!
Know the plot diagram!
Parallel episodes
Figurative language – come with your own example of an idiom or metaphor
Being able to pick figurative language out of a passage
Test will be a mixture of matching, multiple choice, fill in the blank, labeling and short answer. Expect a mix of everything!
Anything that was on this review or in your note booklet is up for grabs!
Extra Credit Hint – read about the authors of stories we’ve read!
Be sure you have read all the stories that we’ve studied in class, especially if you’ve been absent!
Treasure of Lemon Brown Raymond’s Run
The Monkey’s Paw Ransom of Red Chief
The Green Mamba