Short Stories
Grammar
Plot
Characterization
Literary Devices
100

A detective named Holmes, his partner Dr. Watson, and Dr. Roylott.

"The Speckled Band"
100

Words that describe something.

Adjectives
100

This phase of the plot is the most intense and most important moment. 

Climax

100

A character that changes.

Dynamic Character

100

The way the audience feels from reading a story. 

Mood

200

Charlie Gordon falls in love with _______________

Miss Kinnian

200

Rewrite this sentence with correct comma usage:

I ate carrots green beans and, steak, for dinner. 

I ate carrots, green beans, and steak for dinner. 

200

The phase of the plot that falls before the resolution.

Falling Action

200

This character from, "Flowers for Algernon", gets surgery to become more smart. 

Charlie Gordon

200

Charlie Gordon is an example of this type of character. 

Dynamic Character

300

The ___________ agrees to go to jail for ____________ dollars. 

Lawyer; 2 million

300

He, she, his, her, and they are examples of this. 

Pronoun

300

The climax of, "The Monkey's Paw". 

There is a knocking on the front door. Mr. White tries to keep Mrs. White from opening the door. 

300

This character is aggressive, violent, and kills his stepdaughter. 

Dr. Roylott

300

The theme of, "The Lady, or the Tiger?".

Actions have consequences

400

The first aspect of Charlie Gordon's intelligence to improve.

His spelling

400

Change the sentence so that it has proper punctuation:

I, asked Mr Fleury if I could go to the bathroom. He said "There is already a line so no you cant. 

I asked Mr. Fleury if I could go to the bathroom. He said, "There is already a line so no, you can't.". 

400
The resolution of, "The Bet". 

The lawyer leaves the cell 5 minutes early and does not get the 2 million dollars. The banker does not kill the lawyer as he had planned.

400

Dr. Roylott, Milverton, Sergeant Major Morris, and Dr. Nemur are all examples of this type of character.

Static Character

400

The heart in, "The Tell Tale Heart", symbolizes this.

Guilt, death, life, anxiety, torment, shame, etc. 

500

The author of the Sherlock Holmes stories and the author of, "The Tell Tale Heart". Correct spelling counts. 

Arthur Conan Doyle; Edgar Allan Poe

500

The correct format for citing a direct quote in a paper. 

Lead in, "quote" (Author's last name, page number). 

500

The climax of, "Flowers for Algernon". 

Algernon dies and Charlie realizes his intelligence will wear off. 

500

Name 3 dynamic characters from the short stories we have read. 

Charlie Gordon, the lawyer, the banker, Mr. White, etc. 

500

The theme of, "Flowers for Algernon". 

Happiness, intelligence, ignorance, "the golden rule"

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