Literary Elements & Plot (E3)

Hyperbole or incongruity?

"The new restaurant is excellent, but the portions are so small, I’m tempted to bring a magnifying glass to find my food next time."

• Hyperbole

• Incongruity

Hyperbole or incongruity?

"The hunting lion charged toward a young warthog, but then froze in fear when it

saw a spider."

• Hyperbole

• Incongruity

Hyperbole or incongruity?

"It was with great concern and much dismay that we learned the earth-shattering, heart-

wrenching news that Felix dropped his ice cream cone."

• Hyperbole

• Incongruity

Hyperbole or incongruity?

"The technology for my new phone is so advanced that even the team that created it

doesn’t understand all of its functions yet."

• Hyperbole

• Incongruity

Which option would form an incongruity if it were the next plot event in the story?

"Kira donates a portion of each paycheck to a local dog shelter."

• She has not had a dog since childhood.

• She is terrified of dogs.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which option would form an incongruity if it were the next plot event in the story?

"Saturday, June 8th, would prove a solemn, fateful day."

• We finally had to rake the leaves.

• Peace talks failed, and war was declared.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Is a frame story present in this passage?

• No, there is only one narrator in the story.

• Yes, there is a story within a story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Does sentence 2 (When I got to

her floor, it was a ghost town: There was not a soul around for miles.) contain a hyperbole or an incongruity?

• Hyperbole

• Incongruity

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What forms an incongruity in sentence 6 (The man, stooped and frail, spoke with a huge, booming voice.)?

• the man's frailty compared to his deep, booming voice

• the fact that the narrator is telling a story and is interrupted by a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Does sentence 10 (And let me

tell you, after two days stranded there, I was as hungry as a horse.”) contain a hyperbole or an incongruity?

• Hyperbole

• Incongruity