SHORT STORY Essential Terms used in Literary Quotations
Read each reading passage (or prompt), and choose the
best example.
"In the hard-packed dirt of the midway, after the glaring lights are out and the
people have gone to bed, you will find a veritable treasure of popcorn
fragments, frozen custard dribblings, candied apples abandoned by tired
children, sugar fluff crystals. salted almonds, popsicles, partially gnawed ice
cream and wooden sticks of lollipops." --
This section of this text from "Charlotte's Web" is an example of...
Personification
Imagery
Metaphor
Irony

If a sentence is a run-on, correct it. if it is correct as written, write correct. 1.)i looked down. i saw that the well was apparently dry. 2.)we read the preamble to the constitution, our group felt anew the power of those words. 3.)the boy had trouble with the decimal point when multiplying he always put it in the wrong place. 4.)the thermometer broke, the mercury spilled onto the floor. 5.)i mislead my car keys, my house keys were also gone. 6.)it is against the law litter, neveretheless, people do it. 7.)ann threw away the check, but she eventually recovered it. 8.)i generally like the climate of the area where i live i do not enjoy subfrezzing winter temperatures. 9.)everyone should be polite, however many people are rude. 10.)i made my own chili to eat it one needs an iron stomach.