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Explore key literary terms and elements from popular short stories such as The Sniper, Thank You, M’am, and The Interlopers. Dive into plot structure, themes, conflicts, and more.
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Short Story Jeopardy! Lit Elements Sniper Thank You, M’am Interlopers Poison $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Literary Elements This is a series of related events that make up a story.
$100 Literary Elements What is plot?
$200 Literary Elements They are the five elements of plot.
$200 Literary Elements What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
$300 Literary Terms The author’s message or lesson learned
$300 Literary Terms What is theme?
$400 Literary Terms In this perspective the narrator knows everything about the story and its characters (including private thoughts, past, and future action).
$400 Literary Terms What is third person omniscient point of view?
$500 Literary Terms The reader is led to believe one ending will occur, but the opposite happens; the sudden twist.
$500 Literary Terms What is situational irony?
$100 Sniper The protagonist of the story
$100 Sniper Who is the Republican sniper?
$200 Sniper The setting, including city and country.
$200 Sniper What is Dublin, Ireland?
$300 Sniper What is the theme?
$400 Sniper The sniper curses himself and curses the war. Throwing his gun down, he almost shoots himself and then laughs. Name the conflict.
$400 Sniper What is internal conflict or man vs. himself?
$500 Sniper This ironic situation of this story.
$500 Sniper What is his brother is his enemy?
$100 Thank You, M’am The two main characters meet under these circumstances.
$100 Thank You, M’am What is Roger stealing Ms. Jones’ purse.
$200 Thank You, M’am The setting of the story.
$200 Thank You, M’am What is Harlem, NY?
$300 Thank You, M’am One random act of kindness can change a person’s life.
$300 Thank You, M’am What is the theme?
$400 Thank You, M’am The full name of the kind woman.
$400 Thank You, M’am What is Luella Bates Washington Jones?
$500 Thank You, M’am The turning point or climax of the story.
$500 Thank You, M’am What is Roger offers to go to the store for Ms. Jones?
$100 Interlopers The reason for Ulrich’s and Georg’s hatred.
$100 Interlopers What is a family feud?
$200 Interlopers This character introduced in the exposition, in quest of human enemy.
$200 Interlopers Who is Ulrich Von Gradwitz?
$300 Interlopers The conflicts of man vs. nature.
$300 Interlopers What is the tree falling on the men and the wolves eating the men?
$400 Interlopers It is implied that the men are eaten by wolves in this part of the plot structure.
$400 Interlopers What is the resolution?
$500 Interlopers Name the situational irony.
$500 Interlopers What is the sudden twist when we think they will be saved, the wolves come?
$100 Poison The country of this story’s setting.
$100 Poison What is India?
$200 Poison Name the creature in Harry’s bed.
$200 Poison What is a krait?
$300 Poison The foreshadowing of Harry’s harsh words.
$300 Poison What is his mouth twitching?
$400 Poison Name the three conflicts: Man vs. man Man vs. nature Man vs. himself
$400 Poison What is the argument between Harry and the doctor, the poisonous snake in Harry’s bed, and Harry’s internal struggle with racism.
$500 Poison The true poison the title refers to.
