Short Story Unit Test

What is the definition of imagery?

• Description evoking the use of the five senses.

• Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure.

• An exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally.

• A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• Description evoking the use of the five senses.

• Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure.

• An exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally.

• A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of Foreshadowing?

• Description evoking the use of the five senses.

• Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure.

• An exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally.

• Hinting at what is to come.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of Parallellsim?

• Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure.

• A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings.

• An exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally.

• Hinting at what is to come.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of third person omniscient?

• Description evoking the use of the five senses.

• Point of view where the narrator is not a character in the story but knows the thoughts of each character.

• An exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally.

• Hinting at what is to come.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of Onomatopoeia?

• A word that represents a sound and actually resembles or imitates the sound it stands for.

• Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure.

• An exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally.

• Hinting at what is to come.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of pun?

• Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure.

• A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings.

• An exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally.

• Hinting at what is to come.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of Metaphor?

• Figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings.

• Figure of speech comparing two different things

• Hinting at what is to come.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of Personification?

• Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure.

• A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings.

• Figure of speech comparing two things using "like" or "as".

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of Allusion?

• Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure.

• A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings.

• Figure of speech comparing two things using "like" or "as".

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4