JEOPARDY
Short Story Unit
Literary
Terms
Plot Line
Character
Conflict
Past Stories
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Literary Terms
for 10
An example is this:
A spot of blood, like a bird, flew across
the mat and landed on her kimono.
What is a simile?
Literary Terms for 20
This is a type of irony where what is
said is not what is meant.
What is Verbal Irony?
Literary Terms for 30
An example would be this:
The candy tasted like sweet
strawberries and bananas and melted
in his mouth into a gushy sludge.
What is imagery?
Literary Terms for 40
A narrator that cannot be trusted
What is unreliable narrator?
Literary Terms for 50
The type of conflict for a woman in
Salem during the witch trails that is
accused of being a witch.
What is character vs. society?
Plot Line for 10
The most exciting part of the story
What is climax?
Plot Line for 20
This is the part that initially grabs the
reader’s attention.
What is narrative hook?
Plot Line for 30
The part of the story that gives the
introductory information
What is exposition?
Plot Line for 40
Most of the story is this part of the plot
line.
What is rising action?
Plot Line for 50
This would when something came out
of the door in “The Lady or the Tiger.”
What is the falling action?
Character for 10
Goes against the main character
What is antagonist?
Character for 20
An example would be the teacher in
“All Summer in a Day,” because we
know very little about her.
What is flat?
Character for 30
Tessie, from “The Lottery,” is this type
of character since she changes her
mind about the lottery after she wins.
What is dynamic?
Character for 40
Tessie, Margot, the crazy narrator who
kills the old man, the lieutenant, Laurie,
Manny the circus owner, and the
princess are all examples of this type
of character
What is protagonist?
Character for 50
The type of character the wife of the
Lieutenant is (Reiko) along with
protagonist and flat.
What is Reiko?
Conflict for 10
The definition of conflict.
What is struggle?
Conflict for 20
The type of conflict when two
characters argue or fight.
What is character vs.
character?
Conflict for 30
The type of conflict when a character is
thinking about whether or not he or she
should do something.
What is character vs. self?
Conflict for 40
The type of conflict in “The Lottery”
where Tessie goes against the beliefs
and values of the town.
What is character vs. society
Conflict for 50
The conflict found in the princess in,
“The Lady or the Tiger.”
What is character vs. self?
Past Stories for 10
What Mrs. Lattimore did in her coffin.
What is have a baby?
Past Stories for 20
How did the crazy narrator kill the old
man?
What is drop a bed on him?
Past Stories for 30
Who is Manny talking to in “Speak?”
Who is his dog?
Past Stories for 40
The location of Margot’s school.
What is Venus?
Past Stories for 50
The name of the lieutenant's wife.
What is Reiko?