Grade 9 English - Short Story Unit

Question 1

Metaphor?

Answer 1

A comparison of two objects or ideas that do not use ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 2

Simile?

Answer 2

A comparison of two unlike things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 3

Narrative point of view?

Answer 3

The relation between the author and the characters (who’s telling the story)

Question 4

First person?

Answer 4

The point of view in which the author speaks as if he/she is the main character (I couldn’t help her/after we talked we went out)

Question 5

Second person?

Answer 5

The act of the author talking to a character

You aren’t that kind of of person/ you spoke to her

Question 6

Third person?

Answer 6

Regular narrative with author using ‘he/she/it’

Question 7

How many types of third person views are there? And what are they?

Answer 7

1. Omniscient
2. Limited
3. Objective

Question 8

Omniscient?

Answer 8

The act of the author switches to multiple characters point of views

Question 9

Limited?

Answer 9

Only stick to the main characters pont of view and only know what they know

Question 10

Objective?

Answer 10

You may only observe the characters you can not read their thoughts

Question 10

Conflict?

Answer 10

Important to plot

Any situation that may cause the main character to struggle, there may be many throughout at story

Question 11

What are the 2 types of Conflict?

Answer 11

1. External

2. Internal

Question 13

External conflict?

Answer 13

A struggle with a force outside one’s self

Question 13

Internal conflict?

Answer 13

A struggle within one’s self

Question 14

What are the 4 types of external Conflicts?

Answer 14

1. Human vs human
2. Human vs fate
3. Human vs society
4. Human vs nature

Question 16

Human vs human?

Answer 16

Main character struggles with their physical strength agains another

Question 17

Human vs fate?

Answer 17

The main character struggles against fate or life’s circumstances

Question 18

Human vs society?

Answer 18

The main character struggles against the customs of others

Question 19

Human vs nature?

Answer 19

The main character struggles with nature (weather)

Question 20

What the only type of internal conflict?

Answer 20

Human vs self

Question 21

Human vs self?

Answer 21

Main character struggles with their soul/ideas/morals/decisions

Question 22

Symbol?

Answer 22

An action, setting, and/or object with a symbolic meaning

Question 23

Irony?

Answer 23

A difference between what’s expected and what actually occurs (an ambulance ran over someone)

Question 24

Dramatic irony?

Answer 24

An effect in which the viewers understand the situation but the characters do not (Romeo and Juliet)

Question 25

Personification ?

Answer 25

Putting characteristic to an inanimate object (flower dancing through the grass)

Question 26

Allusion?

Answer 26

A reference to well known person, event, place, art piece, and/or a literal figure

Question 27

Imagery?

Answer 27

That language that describes something using the 5 senses

Question 28

Oxymoron?

Answer 28

Putting two contradictory words together | Jumbo shrimp, working vacation

Question 29

Assonance?

Answer 29

Rhyming sounds within phrases or sentences | Do you like blue?

Question 30

Connotation?

Answer 30

A word with certain emotions tied to it

Question 31

Denotation?

Answer 31

The literal or primary meaning of a word

Question 32

Figurative language?

Answer 32

A word that is tied to certain ideas

Question 33

Foil?

Answer 33

A minor characters situation or action that effects the main character

Question 34

Foreshadowing?

Answer 34

Something that give bits and pieces hat hint to whats going to happen without spoiling it

Question 35

Hyperbole?

Answer 35

Words that exaggerate a certain point to an overemphasized state (Its been like 3 hours, when its only been 30 mins or "im so hungry I could eat a horse"

Question 36

Onomatopoeia ?

Answer 36

Words that describe a sound (boom, pow, snap, bang)

Question 37

Pathos?

Answer 37

A quality that invokes sadness within the viewers

Question 38

Rhetoric?

Answer 38

Certain questions that are persuasive but may not be answered

Question 39

Iambic pentameter ?

Answer 39

A phrase made with a syllable followed by a longer phrase with a syllable (But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?)

Question 40

What are the 6 different sections in a Plot Graph?

Answer 40

1. Introduction 2. Rising Action 3. Trigger 4. Climax 5. Falling Action 6. Resolution

Question 41

Atmosphere?

Answer 41

The overall feeling within a story or play

Question 42

Theme?

Answer 42

The universal idea or meaning that the author is trying to convey

Question 43

Setting?

Answer 43

The weather, social condition, time and location taking place in a story or play

Question 44

Reader Response Critic?

Answer 44

A literary theory that focuses on the viewer's experiences while reading/watching a type of literary work

Question 45

Soliloquy?

Answer 45

An internal thought of a character spoken aloud to no apparent listener or themselves

Question 46

Aside?

Answer 46

A brief set of words spoken by the characters to him/herself when other characters are present, without them hearing

Question 47

Noun?

Answer 47

A word to name a person, place, or thing

Question 48

Verb?

Answer 48

A word to express an action, event, or states of being

Question 49

Adverb?

Answer 49

A word to describe a verb

Question 50

Adjective?

Answer 50

A word to describe a noun

Question 51

Interjection?

Answer 51

Connects nouns, pronouns, and other phrases to one another

Question 52

Preposition?

Answer 52

An expressive word that is usually followed by an exclamation point (bang! or boom!)

Question 53

Conjunction?

Answer 53

A word that joins other words, phrases, or sentences

Question 54

Verbal Irony?

Answer 54

A character says on e thing but really meant the opposite (sarcasm)

Question 55

What does APE&C Stand for?

Answer 55

``` Answer Proof Explain & Conclude ```

Question 56

What is APE&C used for?

Answer 56

properly answering questions with proof