Unit 2: Short Stories

Question 1

Protagonist

Answer 1

The main character of a story.

Question 2

Antagonist

Answer 2

The “villain” of a story.

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

Types of conflict

Man Versus Self

Man Versus Society

Man vs nature

Man vs technology

Question 4

Mood

Answer 4

The mood is used to show a feeling in the text.

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

Is the Big Idea of the story of main message

Question 6

Setting

Answer 6

Time and place when the story happened

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

The repetition of the same starting sound in two or more consecutive words

Question 8

Emotive language

Answer 8

To utilize words associated with feelings to trigger a response from the reader.

Question 9

Foreshadowing

Answer 9

To show a glimpse into future events

Question 10

Imagery

Answer 10

Consists of descriptive language for the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature. Imagery draws on the five senses, namely the details of taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound.

Question 11

metaphor

Answer 11

A literary device in which direct comparisons are made between two unlikely objects.

Question 12

Onomatopoeia

Answer 12

The use of words that imitate sounds.

Example: Boom, Smash, Crunch

Question 13

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 13

A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object, or the weather.

Example: The Trees closed in on me with intimidation

Question 14

Personification

Answer 14

Gives human attributes/characteristics of an animal (non-human)

Example: The math exam was taunting me.

Question 15

Repetition

Answer 15

Repetition is used when two words I used twice in the text.

Example: If you think you can do it, you can do it.

Question 16

Rhyme

Answer 16

Rhyme is used when there is a correspondence of sound between words or endings of words.

Example: Jerry didn’t even know when to talk. He was unsure of where to walk. He felt they were watching him like a hawk.

Question 17

Slang

Answer 17

Casual language in everyday speech in writing.

Example Cuz, Fam, Wa gwan

Question 18

Simile

Answer 18

A comparison of something using like or as.

Example: He was as brave as a lion.

Question 19

“Charles” - Shirley Jackson

Answer 19

Charles is the story of a rebellious little boy who has just started to explore his true identity. The story was written by Shirley Jackson, who omits the names of most characters to focus the reader’s attention on Laurie and his alter ego

Question 20

“Lamb to the Slaughter” - Roald Dahl

Answer 20

Roald Dahl’s ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ is a short story about the murder of police detective Patrick Maloney by his wife Mary. Driven to homicide after her husband’s unexpected announcement that he’s leaving her and their unborn child, Mary quickly regains her senses after fatally killing him with the leg of lamb

Question 21

“Examination Day” - Henry Slesar

Answer 21

The setting takes place in the future, and the main character is a boy called Dickie. In Dickie’s world, the government control everything and does not want people to be intelligent so that they won’t seek revolution