Short Stories Review

White board races!

Name the term: one item stands for something else

Symbol (symbolism)

Name it: the Island in “The Most Dangerous Game”

Ship-trap island

Name the term: a hint about a future occurrence

foreshadow

Name it: what Jim bought for Della

combs

Name the story: handicapper general

“Harrison Bergeron”

Name the term: On a plot graph, the ending of the story

Resolution (denouement)

Name it: he wrote “The Cask of Amontillado”

Edgar Allan Poe

Name the term: saying on thing, but meaning the opposite

Verbal irony

Name the term: what happens in a story

plot

Name the term: methods an author uses to develop characters

characterization

Name it: What does Roger want to money for?

Blue suede shoes

Name it: the historical event that happened around the time of “The

Scarlett Ibis”

World War I

Name the term: on a plot graph, the introductory section of the story

Basic situation (exposition)

Name the term: the message or meaning of a story

theme

Name the story: the theme of this story could be “greed can lead to

bad results”

“The Necklace”

Name the term: the reader expects one thing to happen, but the

opposite happens

Situational irony

Name the story: Carnival season

“The Cask of Amontillado”

Name the term: perspective from which the narrator tells a story

Point of view

Name the term: the reader knows something that the character does

not know

Dramatic irony

Name it: Rainsford’s opponent

General Zaroff

Name it: the reason George has to wear an ear radio

He’s smart

Name it: the lit term associated with “The Gift of the Magi”

irony

Name it: what Mathilde finds out at the end of “The Necklace”

It was fake

Name it: the “real” gift in “The Gift of the Magi

love

Name it: In “The Cask of Amontillado”, this guy’s name is an

example of irony

Fortunato

Name it: the little brother in “The Scarlett Ibis”

Doodle

Name it: the lit term associated with “The Scarlet Ibis”

symbolism

Name the story: an evening in Harlem

“Thank You Ma’am”

Name the story: O. Henry wrote it

“The Gift of the Magi”

Name it: the dead bodyguard

Ivan