VOCABULARY
A feeling of fear or nervousness.
What is trepidation?
“He ran like the wind.”
Answer: What is a simile?
The Landlady
What first attracts Billy to the Bed and Breakfast?
Answer: The cheap price
In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the wallpaper most strongly symbolizes:
Answer: The Narrators Life
Dark weather, shadows, and silence create what mood?
Answer: Gloomy or suspenseful
Strange in a disturbing or ugly way.
Answer: What is grotesque?
“Her voice was music.”
Answer: What is a metaphor?
The Land Lady
What detail in the guestbook should have warned Billy something was wrong?
Answer: The names are years old
The Yellow Wallpaper
The narrator’s mental state is revealed through:
Answer: Her shifting descriptions of the wallpaper
When a character ignores obvious warnings, what theme is suggested?
Answer: Ignorance can be dangerous
Very thin due to illness or lack of food.
Answer: What is emaciated?
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
Answer: What is personification?
The Landlady
What skill does the landlady brag about?
Answer: Taxidermy
In The Fall of the House of Usher, the house symbolizes:
Answer: Madness and decay
When an author describes a setting as crumbling or broken, what does it often symbolize?
Answer: A collapsing family or mind
A decorative band or sculpture on a wall.
Answer: What is a frieze?
“Bright blue birds bounced between branches.”
Answer: What is alliteration?
The Windigo
The mood created by “decaying mansion, great terror, trembling” is:
Answer: Suspenseful
The crack in the Usher house represents:
Answer: A breaking family or mind
If a narrator uses anxious and frantic words, what tone is created?
Answer: Anxious
Someone who constantly believes they are sick.
Answer: What is a hypochondriac?
Language that appeals to the five senses.
Answer: What is imagery?
In “The Windigo,” the widening crack in the floor suggests:
Answer: His mind creating danger
The mood in Usher is established through:
Answer: A gloomy and oppressive setting
If a character clings to routines and fears change, what can readers infer?
Answer: They feel unsafe or unstable