Short Story Terms
The time and place that a story takes place in.
What is setting?
Who is the last character on stage at the end of the play?
Who is Mama?
This person is the wife to John and kicks their maid out for having an affair with her husband
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
The character in ARitS that is pregnant and accused of ruining her husband's dream
Who is Ruth Younger?
The most exciting part of the story where conflict reaches its highest point
What is the climax?
The problems which often happen between the protagonist and the antagonist
What is conflict?
Ruth, Walter, and Beneatha give this to Mama before they leave the apartment
What are gardening tools?
This person is the head of the witchcraft ring in Salem and falls in love with an older man
Who is Abigail Williams?
This character is in school to be a doctor
Who is Beneatha Younger?
Where the most action happens and suspense is built in a story
What is rising action?
Type of irony when the opposite happens of what the reader expected to happen
What is situational irony?
According to Asagai, "Alayio" means this:
This is the evidence that Ezekiel Cheever uses to incriminate Elizabeth Proctor
What is a poppet?
This character receives insurance money for the death of her husband and buys a house in Clybourne Park
Who is Mama?
Where the reader is first introduced to the conflict in the story
What is inciting incident?
Type of irony when the reader knows something that a character(s) in the play does not
What is dramatic irony?
When white property owners would not sell to African Americans
What are Restrictive Covenants?
He does not like Reverend Parris' harsh teachings/sermons
This is the character that argues with Thomas Putnam about land and is pressed to death
Who is Giles Corey?
Where the conflict begins to resolve and problems are being cleared up
What is the falling action?
Type of irony if someone came to your house in an old man costume and you say, "Oh, I see you dressed up for the occasion!"
What is verbal irony?
The city that A Raisin the Sun takes place in
What is the significance of John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse hanging instead of lying about witchcraft?
They value their reputations and would rather die by the truth than live by lying.
This is the character who wants to own a liquor store
Who is Walter Younger?
Where the conflict is solved and all problems have been cleared up (not every story has this)
What is the resolution?