Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Setting
Potpourri
100
Define "surmounted."
What is overcome
100
dire
What is terrible
100
The setting of this story features a jungle
What is the Most Dangerous Game
100
What is theme?
What is the central idea or insight
200
Pandemonium
What is chaos
200
Agile
What is moving with ease
200
This story is set in New York City
What is Helen on 86th Street
200
What makes "The Lady or the Tiger" ambiguous?
What is we don't know what the princess chooses to do.
300
aghast
What is shocked
300
Receding
What is becoming more distant
300
This story takes place in the Yukon
What is To Build a Fire
300
In which story do we meet Montressor, an unreliable narrator?
What is The Cask of Amontillado
400
impulsive
What is acting on sudden desires
400
reiterated
What is repeated
400
This story is set in Ancient China
What is The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind
400
"The Cask of Amontillado" takes place during this exciting Italian event.
What is carnival
500
imminent
What is about to happen
500
discreet
What is secretive, private
500
This story takes place in a rural area around the time of WWI
What is The Scarlet Ibis
500
Give one possible cause of Edgar Allen Poe's death.
What is alcoholism, rabies
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