English2prep

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

One way a writer builds suspense is...

• by creating a mysterious setting
• by introducing characters through out a text
• by providing clues of a future event
• telling the facts

What is Dramatic Irony

• When one thing is expected and the opposite happens

• When, we, the readers know what is going to happen but the characters do not.

• When one thing is said but the opposite is meant

• Sarcasm

What is the foreshadow in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps,and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

• That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• They were about to eat breakfast.

• hat Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.

In 1815, French emperor Napoleon suffered a devastating defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, which would prove to be his final battle before he abdicated the throne.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Last night's playoff in the semifinals proved to be the team's Waterloo. 

• A final defeat 
• A surprise win 
• A final win
• All of the above

The contrast between what is said and what is meant is called

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"America is a melting pot" is an example of 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Foreshadowing
• Repetition

The stars on the U.S. flag are an example of...

• Symbolism
• Repetition
• Alliteration
• Satire

What is satire?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
• Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
• The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"The scrumptious desserts were calling out my name" is an example of...

• simile
• foreshadowing
• personification
• symbolism