Literary Terms
Tom's Life
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Comprehension ?'s
Freytag's Pyramid
100
The order in which events happen
What is sequence
100
Tom's wife
What is Clara
100
On the eleventh floor of a New York apartment building
What is setting
100
Why doesn't Tom go to the movies with his wife
What is he said he had to work
100
Tom chooses to stay at home to work instead of go to the movies with Clare
What is exposition
200
A struggle with an outside force
What is external conflict
200
Tom's job
What is grocery store
200
The difference between foreshadowing and flashback
What is foreshadowing looks to the future; flashback looks to the past.
200
What features of Tom's apartment play a cause/effect role in the story
What is the front door, windowpane, and windowsill
200
He couldn't open his window and his paper flew out the window he had to decide if he wanted to go out or not.
What is rising action
300
A struggle inside the heart or the mind
What is internal conflict
300
Tom's dream
What is to "make it big" in the grocery business
300
Tom
What is the protagonist
300
What are the tactics Tom uses to try to get help?
What is shouting to passersby, lighting matches, and smashing glass
300
He puts the pencil on the paper and looked down the street.
What is falling action
400
A story's decisive moment
What is climax
400
Inside Tom's pockets
What is matches, quarters, and the yellow sheet of paper
400
Tom retrieving the paper without getting killed
What is external conflict
400
Approximately how much time passes throughout the story?
What is ten minutes
400
When he tried to reach the paper and looked down to the street and almost lost his balance
What is climax
500
Clues at what will happen next
What is foreshadowing
500
Tom's "revelation" from his near death experience
What is to focus more on his family than on work
500
the event in the story that creates conflict
What is the yellow sheet of paper blowing out the window
500
What role does a cigarette play in this story
What is Its burning shows Tom how much time has passed
500
When Tom opens the door to meet Clare, the yellow paper goes out the window again and he laughs.
What is resolution
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