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Short Story Jeopardy
Speed Match Review Game

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Drag the squares in the gray area and drop them in the matching squares in the blue area below.
If you drop a square in the correct spot, it will disappear.
If you make a mistake, the square will return to its original spot.
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falling action
man vs. society
man vs. self
simile
background info, character descriptions, and setting
minor character
situational irony
exposition
rising action
assonance
climax
apostrophe
allusion
flat and static
third person omniscient
adjective
connotation
understatement
paradox
idiom
first person
antagonist
protagonist
mood
resolution
all of the events building to the most intense part of the story
three things told to us in the exposition
a statement that seems to contradict itself but actually makes sense in context
the fourth plot point is
the character in opposition to the main character
this type of narrator is a character in the story
the feelings the reader has while reading a story
the type of conflict when the main character is struggling with his own self-doubt or guilt
tone and mood words must be stated using this grammatical part of speech
the moment the main conflict is solved
"He's a tough cookie, but I'll get through to him eventually."
a character that is not-well developed and not changing (two answers)
"Oh, weather, why must you be so evil on game day?!"
"The ant pranced across the land like a king."
the emotional meaning of a word
the most intense part of the main conflict
a narrator who is not a character in the story but knows all of the thoughts and feelings of characters
reader AND characters are surprised by an event in a story
to downplay or give less importance to something
"She was Cinderella as she walked onto the dance floor at prom."
the first plot point is
a character that doesn't have a large role in the story
"The trees swayed in the wind like a boat at sea."
even though he or she is the main character, he or she can be a bad person--they are the....
the type of conflict when the main character is fighting against the ways of his government or group of people

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DescriptionMatch:
"The trees swayed in the wind like a boat at sea."simile
"He's a tough cookie, but I'll get through to him eventually."idiom
"She was Cinderella as she walked onto the dance floor at prom."allusion
"The ant pranced across the land like a king."assonance
"Oh, weather, why must you be so evil on game day?!"apostrophe
reader AND characters are surprised by an event in a storysituational irony
a character that is not-well developed and not changing (two answers)flat and static
the emotional meaning of a wordconnotation
to downplay or give less importance to somethingunderstatement
a statement that seems to contradict itself but actually makes sense in contextparadox
the feelings the reader has while reading a storymood
a narrator who is not a character in the story but knows all of the thoughts and feelings of charactersthird person omniscient
the character in opposition to the main characterantagonist
three things told to us in the expositionbackground info, character descriptions, and setting
a character that doesn't have a large role in the storyminor character
the most intense part of the main conflictclimax
the type of conflict when the main character is fighting against the ways of his government or group of peopleman vs. society
the type of conflict when the main character is struggling with his own self-doubt or guiltman vs. self
the moment the main conflict is solvedresolution
all of the events building to the most intense part of the storyrising action
the first plot point isexposition
the fourth plot point isfalling action
even though he or she is the main character, he or she can be a bad person--they are the....protagonist
tone and mood words must be stated using this grammatical part of speechadjective
this type of narrator is a character in the storyfirst person