Story Vocabulary
twisted in a complicated way
What is convoluted?
What does Tom scream as he breaks the glass window?
What is Clare?
What causes Tom to become terrified while retrieving the paper?
What is Tom looks down and sees Lexington Avenue 11 stories below.
What is an example of internal conflict from the story?
What is Tom wondering if he should stay home or go to the movies with Clare or Tom wondering if he should go out on the ledge to get his paper.
Right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot is using _________ to create suspense?
What is repitition.
a driving force; an irresistible urge
What is compulsion?
Why does Tom decide to stay home and work rather than to go out to the movies with Clare?
What is he wants to write an interoffice memo that could possibly get him a promotion at work?
What causes Tom to go out on the ledge?
What is Tom's paper flies out the window with the gust of wind from shutting the door.
What is an example of external conflict in the story?
What is Tom being out on the ledge, the window closing while Tom's outside, the window being difficult to open...
He was a dangling shoelace. This example uses _____________ to create suspense?
What is figurative language.
skillfullness
What is deftness?
Why can't Tom wait for Clare to get home?
What is he has only been on the ledge for a short time and she won't be home for 3-4 hours.
Define internal conflict.
What is a character struggling with his/her desires within his/her own mind or heart
Tom imagine he would fall 11 stories down to Lexington Ave. This example uses _____________ to create suspense.
What is imagery?
What happens that causes Tom to change his attitude toward his life?
What is he is out on the ledge and afraid he may die. He realizes that his wife is more important than his work.
What effect does going out on the ledge and almost dying have on Tom?
Tom realizes he's wasted an irreplaceable portion of his life on work and sacrificed time with his wife
Define external conflict and give one example.
What is a character struggling with outside forces. Examples are character vs. nature, character vs. character, character vs. society, etc...
Of all the papers, why this one. This example uses ___________ to create suspense
What is irony.
What happens that causes Tom to burst into laughter and close the door behind him?
What is the yellow paper flies out the window...again?
What effect does Tom hope the burning papers and the falling coins will have?
What is he hopes these items will get someone's attention so that they can help him open the window and get off the ledge.
What is a them for the story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket?"
What is remember what matters most, don't take life for granted, be grateful for what you already have, etc..
"He began taking rapid, blind steps with no feeling of what he was doing...then his moving left hand slid into sheer emptiness and he stumbled." This example uses ________ to create suspense?
What is pace.