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Short Story Unit Academic Vocabulary

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Question 1

1.

Select the best definition of a Short Story?

A work of prose fiction that is focused on human experience as it is revealed in a series of interrelated events.

A poem that is written in verse, lines and stanzas.

All of the above.

None of the above.

Question 2

2.

What is the best definition of External Dialogue?

When one character speaks to another character.

What a character is saying or thinking in his/her own mind.

All of the above.

None of the above.

Question 3

3.

What is the best definition of Internal Dialogue?

When one character speaks to another character.

What a character is saying or thinking in his/her own mind.

Question 4

4.

What is the best definition of Foreshadowing?

To go beyond the literal meaning of a text and to think about what is not directly said, but implied.

This occurs when the reader knows more about the character and/or plot of the story than the characters themselves.

A literary device where the opposite of what is expected to happen actually happens.

Question 5

5.

What is the best definition of Inferring?

To go beyond the literal meaning of a text and to think about what is not directly said, but implied.

This occurs when the reader knows more about the character and/or plot of the story than the characters themselves.

A literary device where the opposite of what is expected to happen actually happens.

Question 6

6.

What is the best definition of Situational Irony?

To go beyond the literal meaning of a text and to think about what is not directly said, but implied.

This occurs when the reader knows more about the character and/or plot of the story than the characters themselves.

A literary device where the opposite of what is expected to happen actually happens.

Question 7

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What is the best definition of Dramatic Irony?

To go beyond the literal meaning of a text and to think about what is not directly said, but implied.

This occurs when the reader knows more about the character and/or plot of the story than the characters themselves.

A literary device where the opposite of what is expected to happen actually happens.

The author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

The author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

The author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

The author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.