Who Did That!
Correspondent who wrote about his shipwreck in "the Open Boat.
Stephen Crane
A husband and wife take precautions against a storm.
"Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening"
Satire.
"A nice Smith is still a Smith. You keep your eyes open dear, -you'll see."
A. Unerring Instinct
B. The Town Poor
C. The Pit and the Pendulum
D. The Great Carbuncle
E. The Cop and the Anthem
F. Rip Van Winkle
G. Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening
H. The Open Boat
A. Unerring Instinct
First American short story writer.
Washington Irving
A man sleeps 20 years.
"Rip Van Winkle"
What is the attitude of the narrator toward his subject or audience?
tone or mood
"no considerations of Mediterranean cruises... Three months on the Island was what his soul craved"
A. Unerring Instinct
B. The Town Poor
C. The Pit and the Pendulum
D. The Great Carbuncle
E. The Cop and the Anthem
F. Rip Van Winkle
G. Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening
H. The Open Boat
E. The Cop and the Anthem
Introduced the detective story.
Edgar Allen Poe
A woman plays a practical joke on her sister-in-law.
"The Unerring Instinct"
What is the perspective from which the story is told?
Point of View or POV
"a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."
A. Unerring Instinct
B. The Town Poor
C. The Pit and the Pendulum
D. The Great Carbuncle
E. The Cop and the Anthem
F. Rip Van Winkle
G. Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening
H. The Open Boat
F. Rip Van winkle
Used the surprise ending.
O Henry (The Cop and the Anthem)
Rats chew off a prisoner's ropes.
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
Saying the opposite of what is meant?
Verbal irony
"It was hope that prompted the nerve to quiver- the frame to shrink."
A. Unerring Instinct
B. The Town Poor
C. The Pit and the Pendulum
D. The Great Carbuncle
E. The Cop and the Anthem
F. Rip Van Winkle
G. Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening
H. The Open Boat
C. The Pit and the Pendulum
Well-known novelist and playwright who wrote "The Unerring Instinct".
Thornton Wilder
Two elderly sisters are forced to leave their home.
"The Town Poor"
Author presenting characters without comment?
Objective POV.
"I wish to my heart 't wa to-morrow mornin' a'ready, an' I a-startin' for the secl'men."
A. Unerring Instinct
B. The Town Poor
C. The Pit and the Pendulum
D. The Great Carbuncle
E. The Cop and the Anthem
F. Rip Van Winkle
G. Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening
H. The Open Boat
B. The Town Poor
Wrote "Town Poor".
Sarah Orne Jewett
A man tries to get arrested for the winter.
"The Cop and the Anthem"
All-knowing author as narrator.
Omniscient POV
"from the hour when two mortals had shown themselves so simply wise... its splendor waned."
A. Unerring Instinct
B. The Town Poor
C. The Pit and the Pendulum
D. The Great Carbuncle
E. The Cop and the Anthem
F. Rip Van Winkle
G. Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening
H. The Open Boat
D. The Great Carbuncle
Pen name for O. Henry?
William Sidney Porter
The events and occurrences of a story?
plot
"the wind brought the sound of the great sea's voice to the men on the shore, and they felt that they could be interpreters."
A. Unerring Instinct
B. The Town Poor
C. The Pit and the Pendulum
D. The Great Carbuncle
E. The Cop and the Anthem
F. Rip Van Winkle
G. Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening
H. The Open Boat
H. The Open Boat
In the "Open Boat," who ironically dies?
The oiler (Billie)
Time, place, and background of story?
Setting
Meaning of story.
Theme