Characters
Themes & Literary terms
Plot
100
Jerome
Who is the main character?
100
Foreshadowing
What an author's use of clues to prepare the readers for what is to happen?
100
What happens to Jerome's father?
He gets killed by a pig that falls on him.
200
Mr. Wordsworth
Who is Jerome's teacher?
200
Personification
What the part of speech in which an un-human like character is given a human like trait?
200
How did the pig fall?
It got too fat and the balcony it was kept on broke.
300
Pig
Who killed Jerome's dad?
300
Dialogue
What is the conversation between characters in literary work?
300
What happened to the pig?
They had it for dinner.
400
Jemmy
What Jerome's Aunt called him?
400
What is the THEME of "A Shocking Accident"?
The unpredictability of life.
400
What did Jerome become when he grew up?
He became an accountant.
500
Sally
Who is Jerome's wife?
500
What point-of-view was "A Shocking Accident" written in?
3rd person omniscient
500
How old was he when his father died?
He was 9 years old.
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