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The first part of the plot.
What is exposition?
This is a story intended to be performed in front of an audience.
What is a drama or play?
The person who Mrs. Stevenson was trying to call at the beginning of the play.
Who is Mr. Stevenson, or, her husband?
Ronald Adams, a young man driving from New York to California
Who is the protagonist (or main character) of "The Hitch-Hiker"?
All of the events that occur in a story or drama that lead to the climax.
What is rising action?
This is the person who sets the scene for a play and comments on the action
Who is the narrator?
The line that cues the reader that Mr. Stevenson set up the murder.
What is "The client said that the coast will be clear"?
This character is mystically appearing on the roadside as Adams is driving cross-country.
Who is the Hitch-Hiker?
the most intense, exciting, or important point of a story, or drama.
What is the climax?
This is the written form of a play.
What is a script?
The company that the telegram was sent from to create an alibi for Mr. Stevenson, saying that he wouldn't be home and had to work late.
What is Western Union?
The lady who answers the phone at Mrs. Adams' house and announces that Mrs. Adams has suffered a nervous breakdown.
Who is Mrs. Whitney?
the events following climax and leading up to the last event of the plot.
What is falling action?
The name of the killer in "Sorry, Wrong Number" who answers the phone and tells the police that they had the wrong number.
Who is George?
This was the near-death experience in the middle of the play that made Ronald think that the Hitch-Hiker was trying to get him.
The last event of the plot, where the story draws to a close.
What is the resolution, or dénouement?
The words or conversations spoken by characters to each other. Much of what you learn about the characters, setting, and events are revealed in this conversation.
What is dialogue?
The author of both "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "The Hitch-Hiker".
Who is Lucille Fletcher?
The city where Ronald Adams is, when he finds out that he is in fact, already dead.
What is Gallup, NM?