Literary Analysis
The Black Cat
Prey
Genre
Women in History
100

The sequence of occurrences, from the beginning to the end.

What is Plot?

100

The name of the narrator’s first cat

What is Pluto?

100

This setting in the story serves as the battle ground for both hunter and prey.

What is the apartment?

100

This genre tells a made-up story with characters, setting, and plot.

What is Fiction?

100

The Lemhi Shoshone or Hidatsa woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.

Who is Sacagawea?

200

Horror stories fundamentally explore fear, the unknown, and the transgression of social norms, often featuring these that represent isolation, madness, and the return of the repressed.

What is Theme?

200

The habit that causes the narrator’s personality to change

What is Alcoholism / excessive drinking?

200

This inanimate object comes to life after the chain that keeps the dark spirit trapped comes off. 

What is the Zuni Fetish Doll?

200

This genre focuses on suspense, danger, and solving a crime.

What is Mystery? 

200

A record setting aviator, she was the second person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic and the first woman to fly solo and nonstop across the United States.

Who is Amelia Earhart?

300

This method tells what happened to the characters (the why and the who).

What is Story?

300

This person becomes the narrator’s victim later in the story.

What is his wife?

300

The American author and screenwriter, who worked primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, Prey and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. 

Who is Richard Matheson?

300

This genre is written to be performed on stage

What is Drama?

300

This renowned Mexican painter is famous for her vibrant, deeply personal works exploring identity, pain, and Mexican culture, particularly through iconic self-portraits that blended realism with surrealism and indigenous folklore.

Who is Frida Kahlo?

400

Literary tools writers use to shape stories, adding depth and engagement through techniques. 

What are Narrative Devices?

400

The literary device is used when the black cat represents guilt or conscience

What is Symbolism?

400

Unlike the story, Amelia expresses that she likes to be alone which is proof of this theme that is the central idea of Prey.

What is Isolation?

400

A genre that builds tension, frightens and keeps readers wondering what will happen next.

What is Horror?

400

She was known for her trailblazing work as a champion of gender equality and civil rights, fundamentally reshaping American law as a Supreme Court Justice and leaving a legacy through her landmark dissents and progressive interpretations of the Constitution.

Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

500

In horror stories this is the emotional atmosphere—such as dread, tension, or eerie, hopeless unease—that a writer evokes in the reader through setting, sensory details, and diction. 

What is Mood? 

500

The type of conflict is most important in the story

What is Man vs. himself (internal conflict)?

500

In both the film and the story, the protagonist traps the doll in this item from her closet.

What is a suitcase. 

500

This genre often uses rhythm, imagery, and figurative language

What is Poetry?

500

She was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, which includes her most famous works "Still I Rise".

Who is Maya Angelou?

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