short stories test

dramatic irony?

- Dramatic Irony: The contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true. Sometimes we know more about a situation than what one character knows. We continue reading in order to discover how this character will react when s/he learns

Foreshadowing?

Foreshadowing: any clue or hint of future events in a narrative

Describe the jade peony?

"The Jade Peony" by Wayson Choy is set in Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1930s and 40s and examines the clash of cultures and generations in an immigrant family in the context of three coming-of-age stories. The novel is divided into three sections, each of which follows one of the siblings in a Chinese-Canadian family.

situational irony?

- Situational Irony: The contrast between what happens and what was expected (or what would seem appropriate). Because it emerges from the events and circumstances of a story, it is often more subtle and effective than verbal or dramatic irony. The most common irony in literature.

Verbal irony?

- Verbal Irony: The contrast between what is said and what is meant. Also known as sarcasm.

falling action?

Events and complications begin to resolve themselves

Allusion?

Allusion: an implicit reference to a historical, literary, or biblical character, event, or element

Describe the most dangerous game?

In the most dangerous game a hunter named rains ford goes up against a hunter named general zaroff who hunts humans>

Describe the necklace?

Mathilde Loisel borrows a diamond necklace from her friend. When Mathilde loses the necklace, she and her husband go into debt to replace it, only to learn, years later, that the necklace was a fake.

metaphor?

Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a comparison is implied by analogy but is not stated; the comparison of two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as"

Personification?

Personification: a metaphorical figure of speech in which animals, ideas, things, etc. are represented as having human qualities

simile?

Simile: a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Suspense?

Suspense: the sustained interest in a narrative created by delaying the resolution of the conflict; the excitement or tension the reader feels as s/he become involved in a story and eager to know the outcome.

describe the veldt?

The Veldt," George and Lydia Hadley are the parents of Wendy and Peter Hadley, and they live in a technologically driven house that will do everything for its inhabitants - transport you upstairs, brush your teeth, cook the food, and clean the house.The kids kill the parents at the end.

What are the six elements of a short story?

character, plot, setting, conflict, theme, pov

setting?

time and location of where the story takes place

pov?

defined as the angle of which the story is told

Conflict?

essential to plot, and is a open argument rather it is any form of opposition that faces the main character.

resolution?

final outcome of the story

pov types?

first person second person and third person

climax?

highest point of interest and turing point of story

conflict types?

internal, external

5 parts of the plot?

introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

theme?

piece of friction is its controlling idea or its central insight/authors underlying message or main idea that he is trying to convev

introduction?

the beginning of the story

what is a character?

the person in a work of fiction.

What is the plot?

the plot is how the author arranges events to develop the basic ideas it also has a beginning, middle and end.

rising action?

where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict of the story is revealed