Setting
This story takes place in Jackson, ____________ in the post-Civil War south
Mississippi
Who is the protagonist of this story?
Who goes to Miss Emily's funeral?
The whole town
What literary device is this an example of: "She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water"
Simile and/or characterization
To pardon or forgive
Remit
Described as being "big and squarish" and was once white.
Homer Barron was described as being a ________, or someone from the north.
What did Col. Sartorius do for Emily?
Remit her taxes
What literary device is this an example of: "dressed as usual with no trace of grief on her face".
Temerity
1894
Who is called upon to help fix Miss Emily's tarnished image?
Her cousins
Miss Emily purchases this from the druggiest?
Arsenic
What literary device is this an example of: "even pepper-and-salt iron-gray"
Metaphor
To be proud of snobby
Haughty
What was described as being "an eyesore among eyesores"?
The Grierson's home
Who is described as having a big voice and eyes lighter than his face"?
Homer Barron
Who comes to stay with Miss Emily as a way to help correct her poor public image after dating Homer?
Her cousins from Alabama
What literary device is this an example of: "the thin, swift clop-clop-clop of the matched team passed"
Onomatopoeia
To be shy
Diffident
Give one detail about the Grierson home proving that at one time, this family had money.
It was on a "select street", the home had "cupolas", "spires", and "scrolled balconies"
Who is described in the following line: "he talked to no one, probably not even to her, for his voice had grown harsh and rusty, as if from disuse".
Tobe, the servant
Who calls upon Miss Emily but vows to never return?
The Baptist minister
What literary device is this an example of: "we did not day she was crazy then"
Foreshadowing
Magnificent; inspiring awe