A literary element that give the reader clues that something may happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
The type of essay where the narrator is the one who actually lived through the event described.
What is a narrative?
100
The antagonist of the story.
Who is General Zaroff?
100
The main character of the story.
Who is Miss Lottie?
100
Mr. Mac's favorite college football team.
What is Nebraska Cornhuskers?
200
The top of the plot line, where the main conflict begins to be solved.
What is the climax?
200
The first sentence of a paragraph. Usually introduces the topic and other essentials, such as the five W's.
What is the topic sentence?
200
THe name of the "evil" island.
What is 'Shiptrap Island"?
200
A bittersweet longing for things in the past.
What is nostalgia?
200
The college Mr. Mac graduated from.
What is the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO).
300
Occurring along the plot line, this element is essential to moving the plot of the story along.
What is conflict?
300
The part of the introduction that tells the reader what the essay is about.
What is the thesis?
300
Rainsford is given this tool, or "weapon," to use while being hunted.
What is a knife.
300
When they were younger, the children all thought that Miss Lottie was this kind of supernatural creature.
What is a witch.
300
The organization the Mr. Mac sponsors her at AL.
What is student council?
400
An element present in every story to help the reader think about a particular topic while reading. Could also be considered part of the "lesson."
What is theme?
400
A word or phrase used to connect ideas. One example of these would be used to show sequence.
What is a transition?
400
The name of the pit that Rainsford builds.
What is the Malay Man Catcher?
400
What the main character does at the end of the story to show her understanding of Miss Lottie.
What is plants marigolds.
400
The number of children that Mr. Mac has.
What is one?
500
This type of character shows the reader an number of different character traits, including ones that conflict depending on the situation.
What is a round character?
500
When presenting dialogue, this punctuation is often used to separate the introduction of the speaker from the quote, but doesn't necessary IDENTIFY the quote as such.
What is a comma?
500
The name of the famous film that the woman who played Miss Drawbridge in the movie (a character that was NOT in the story) was also in.