Short Story Jeopardy!

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Final Jeopardy

Characters

$100 Literary Elements

This is a series of relatedevents that make up a story.

$100 Literary Elements

What is plot?

$200 Literary Elements

They are the four elements of plot.

$200 Literary Elements

What are exposition, complication, climax, and

resolution?

$300 Literary Terms

When writers use this, readers use their judgment to decide what a character is like based the characters: speech, appearance, thoughts, actions etc.

$300 Literary Terms

Indirect characterization

$400 Literary Terms

This is demonstrated when the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of just one character.

$400 Literary Terms

What is third-person-limited point of view?

$500 Literary Terms

Surprise endings highlight this device that occurs when circumstances turn out to be opposite of what we expect.

$500 Literary Terms

What is situational irony?

$100 Stories Part 1

In “A Sound of Thunder,” the time travelers must stay here.

$100 Stories Part 1

What is the safari path?

$200 Stories Part 1

William Armstrong is this “Scarlet Ibis” character’s name.

$200 Stories Part 1

Who is Doodle?

$300 Stories Part 1

This experience pleases Mathilde Loisel (from “The Necklace”) more than any

other during the story.

$300 Stories Part 1

What is the big party?

$400 Stories Part 1

The king’s daughter discovers this in “The Lady or the Tiger.”

$400 Stories Part 1

What is the secret of the doors?

$500 Stories Part 1

This character is off somewhere traveling on his/her own in

“Helen on 86th Street?”

$500 Stories Part 1

Who is Vita’s father?

$100 Stories Part 2

That is why Montresor wants revenge against Fortunato.

$100 Stories Part 2

What are Fortunato’s insults?

$200 Stories Part 2

Della sells it in order to buy her gift for Jim.

$200 Stories Part 2

What does Della do with her hair.

$300 Stories Part 2

This is why Zaroff wishes to hunt Rainsford.

$300 Stories Part 2

What is the challenge of tracking an expert hunter like Rainsford.

$400 Stories Part 2

That is why Mathilde does not originally want to go to the party.

$400 Stories Part 2

Mathilde is poor and does not have elegant clothes or jewelry.

$500 Stories Part 2

It’s death symbolizes Doodle and his fate.

$500 Stories Part 2

What is the Scarlet Ibis?

$100 Characters

Elena felt she knew him because she had watched his house during the summer.

$100 Characters

Who is Eugene

$200 Characters

This man wants to become Vita’s mother’s boyfriend.

$200 Characters

Who is Old Farfel?

$300 Characters

This character’s unbalanced behavior influences “The Cask of

Amontillado’s” tone.

$300 Characters

Who is Montresor?

$400 Characters

This villain buys his own island to have privacy.

$400 Characters

Who is General Zaroff?

$500 Characters

This man is elected President of the United States at the beginning of “A

Sound of Thunder.”

$500 Characters

Who is Keith?

$100 Potpourri

This refers to an author’s choice of words in literature.

$100 Potpourri

What is diction?

$200 Potpourri

This short story takes place in a fictional kingdom.

$200 Potpourri

What is “The Lady or the Tiger?

$300 Potpourri

This moves a story along and makes readers care about the outcome.

$300 Potpourri

What is conflict?

$400 Potpourri

Mathilde Loisel feels that she deserves this type of life.

$400 Potpourri

What is the beautiful, wealthy life of the social elite.

$500 Potpourri

In this perspective the narrator knows everything about the story and its

characters (including private thoughts, past, and future action).

$500 Potpourri

What is third-person omniscient.

Final Jeopardy Topic

Literary Devices

Final Jeopardy

This occurs when the audience knows something that a character does not.

Final Jeopardy Answer

What is dramatic irony?