Plot Diagram
What is the turning point called in a plot diagram?
What is the climax?
What is Madame Loisel's reaction when she receives the invitation?
What is she is upset because she doesn't have anything to wear?
What is foreshadowing?
What is the name of the street Miss Strangeworth lives on?
What is Pleasant Street?
What does the "S" in STEAL stand for?
What is speech?
What is the exposition of "The Possibility of Evil?" Include at least 2 key details!
What is...
Miss Strangeworth is a 71 year old lady who is very proud of her roses and family legacy.
She lives in a small town where everyone knows everyone.
What is Madame Loisel's social class?
Why would General Zaroff give his "players" a 3 hour head start and a hunting knife?
What is so that General Zaroff is given a challenge?
What does Miss Strangeworth notice about Mrs. Harper?
What is that she looks unwell and her hand is shaking?
What is direct characterization TELLS us what a character is like, while indirect characterization SHOWS us what a character is like.
What is the point right between the exposition and the rising action called?
What is the inciting incident?
Why do the Loisel's go to such extremes to pay for a new necklace rather than tell Forestier that they lost it?
What is that they are embarrassed and it would hurt their pride?
***Double Jeopardy***
How do we know that Zaroff knows that Rainsford is hiding in the tree?
What is that he looks up the tree just before he gets to Rainsford, blows smoke, smiles and then walks away?
Why does Strangeworth use the multi-colored paper to write her nasty letters?
What is that no one would expect it to come from her because it is not her style and many people use that paper for meaningless notes?
***Double Jeopardy!***
What is ONE conflict type in "The Necklace?"
What is character v. society?
What is the climax of "The Necklace"?
Madame Loisel loses the necklace.
What is the message of "The Necklace"?
What is to be grateful for what you have and things are not always what they seem?
How do Zaroff and Rainsford have similar philosophies about the world?
What is they both believe the world is separated by "hunter/huntee"/"Weak/strong" - of course, Rainsford doesn't take this to the extreme that Zaroff does.
What do the roses symbolize?
What is Miss Strangeworth's pride in her family history?
What is that Miss Strangeworth is like a rose in itself - dainty and disarming like the petals and vindictive and harsh like the thorns?
What is ONE example of Miss Strangeworth's "Effect on Others" in "The Possibility of Evil" that tells us about what her character is like?
What is Mrs. Harper's reaction to Miss Strangeworth asking about her health. She walks out which tells us that Strangeworth is nosy.
How is the resolution different from the falling action?
What is in the falling action characters are dealing with the aftermath of the climax and tension is decreasing. In the resolution, the loose ends of the story are tied up?
Is Madame Loisel a static or dynamic character?
What is a dynamic character?
What detail tells us that Rainsford won the fight with General Zaroff?
What is that he sleeps in his bed?
Who is the author of the story?
Who is Shirley Jackson?
What theme is present in all three stories that we have read?
What is that things aren't always what they seem?