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Short Story Unit Academic Vocabulary

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7 questions

Note from the author:

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Question 1

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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

Question 5

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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.

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

Question 6

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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.

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

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.