Vocab
Connotation and Denotation
Story Structure
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Flannery O'Conner
100

the general mood or attitude of a person

What is the disposition

100

The literal definition of a word

What is a denotation

100

That sequence of events that make up a story

What is plot

100

The name of the criminal who is on the run?

What is The Misfit

100

Flannery O'Conner's birthplace

Where is Georgia

200

a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

What is penitentiary

200

The feeling associated with a word.

What is Connotation

200

People, animals, or beings who take part in a story

What are characters

200

The grandmother's son and the first to be killed

Who is Bailey

200

The genre of A Good Man is Hard to Find

What is Southern Gothic

300

showing a happy, cheery, air of confidence

What is jaunty

300

Denotation of the word "cool"

What is low in temperature; less hot

300

The time and place where a story occurs

What is the setting

300

The place where the Misfit escaped from

What is the penitentiary

300

Where Flannery O'Conner went to college

Where is the University of Iowa

400

an expensive or rare food item


What is a delicacy

400

Connotation of "cool"

What is calm, collected, and well-liked, or lacking friendliness

400

The story’s central message, lesson, or underlying idea

What is the theme

400

This character said "A Good Man is Hard to Find"

Who is Red Sammy

400

What year was Flannery O'Conner born?

What is 1926

500

to walk slowly and leisurely

What is amble
500

Words that have similar definitions

What are Synonyms

500

The struggle or challenge that drives a story’s plot forward

What is conflict

500

The connection between the grandmother and The Misfit

What is they confuse information/imagine things

500

Common theme found in all of her stories

What is religion

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