Plot
Character
Conflict
"Dirk/Lamb" Comprehensive Questions
Miscellaneous
100

This is the part of the story where the protagonist and setting are introduced

What is the exposition?

100
This is the main character in a story, poem, or novel
What is protagonist?
100
This is the type of conflict when a character struggles with his/her own thoughts/emotions
What is internal conflict?
100

This was the name of the protagonist in the Lamb to the Slaughter

Who is Mary Malloney?

100

What is this type of figurative language? 

Something that compares two things using like or as

What is a simile?

200
This is the part of the story where suspense is built; it is usually the longest part of the story
What is rising action?
200
This is the character who creates conflict for the main character
What is antagonist?
200
This is the type of conflict when a character struggles with an outside force
What is external conflict?
200

Where did the kid leave Dirk at the end of the story?

What is on a farm.

200
The message of a story or poem
What is theme?
300
This is the turning point for the main character
What is climax?
300
This is the name of the character who does not change or grow in the story
What is static character?
300

What is the conflict in Dirk the Protector?

What is the gang of teens that try to rob him.

300

What does Mary Maloney feed to the detectives?

What is the lamb leg

300

The author uses hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.

What is foreshadowing?

400
This is the part of the story's plot that comes after the climax?
What is falling action?
400
This is a character who changes/grows in a story because he/she learns lessons about himself/herself or about life
What is dynamic character?
400

What was the conflict in A Christmas Carol?

Scrooge's attitude about Christmas and toward others.

400

What type of figurative language is this?

"Dirk was as close to having a live nuclear weapon as you can get"

What is a Simile.

400

Which type of narration uses the pronoun "I"?

What is first person?

500

This is the part of the story when the conflict is solved?

What is the resolution?

500
Mary Maloney, from Lamb to the Slaughter, has which type of personality? Dynamic, Round, Static, Flat?

What is round.

500

What is one way to resolve a conflict from our character strong lesson?

What is compromise, let it go, ask for help, or be assertive.

500

The theme "you can always find friends in the darkest of places" goes best with which story?

What is Dirk the Protector.

500

Which type of figurative language is this?

"I was from the 'wrong side of the tracks'"

What is an idiom?

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