Short Story Literary Devices
Authored by Amanda Paulson
English
9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Plot is defined as...
the time (including historical context) and place/location of a story.
the chief opponent of the main character.
the series of events in a story (first, then, next, last).
the struggle between opposing forces.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Verbal irony is defined as...
when something is said, but the opposite is meant; sarcasm is one example.
when the reader knows something crucial that the characters do not; leads to a surprising twist.
the main character in the story -- the "good guy".
hints or clues about future events in a story.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1st person point of view (POV) is...
when the reader knows something crucial that the characters do not; often leads to a surprising twist.
when the actual (plot) outcome is the opposite of the expected outcome.
when the narrator is not involved in the story; tells the story from outside of the story.
when the narrator is involved in the story and uses pronouns such as "I" and "me" and "we" and "my."
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
3rd person point of view (POV) is...
when the narrator is not part of the story.
when the narrator is part of the story.
the series of events in the story.
hints or clues about future events in a story.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Setting is defined as...
the chief opponent of the main character.
the struggle between opposing forces.
an object that represents a broader, hard-to-define idea.
the time (including historical context) and place in which a story takes place.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Characterization is defined as...
the description of the character's traits including speech, thoughts, actions, effect on others, and looks.
the main idea or message of a story; it is a true message regardless of time.
hints or clues about future events in a story.
the chief opponent of the main character.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The protagonist of a story is...
the author's use of descriptive language to activate a reader's five senses.
the series of events in a story.
when an object represents a broad, hard-to-define idea.
the main character in the story -- the "good guy."
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
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