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The point of view in which "Flowers for Algernon" is written.
What is first person point of view?
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When Charlie defends the disabled boy in the diner, it inspires him to help others like him.  Where would this fall on a plot diagram?

What is rising action?

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How does Charlie feel about Algernon in the first part of the story?

He dislikes Algernon because he keeps beating him in the maze.

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What is the first indication that Algernon is regressing?

He bites Charlie.

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Definition of dramatic irony.
What is "when the reader or audience knows something a character or characters do not."
200
The purpose for using dramatic irony: a. to make the reader cringe b. to make the reader laugh c. to make the reader feel suspense d. all of the above
What is "d. all of the above."
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Why the author used the point of view the story is written in: a. To keep the reader from becoming too emotionally attached to the story b. To make the reader feel like he or she is participating in the story c. To create empathy in the reader for the protagonist d. To anger the reader
What is "c. to create empathy in the reader for the protagonist."
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The excerpt that helps the reader identify the point of view: A. “There were lots of girls and some men from the factory.” B. “Besides history, geography, and arithmetic, Miss Kinnian said I should start to learn a few foreign languages.” C. “Dr. Strauss said that someday thousands of neurosurgeons might be using his technique all over the world.” D. “As his vacant eyes moved across the crowd of amused onlookers, he slowly mirrored their smiles and finally broke into an uncertain grin at the joke which he obviously did not understand.”
What is "B. 'Besides history, geography, and arithmetic, Miss Kinnian said I should start to learn a few foreign languages.'”
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Type of conflict in the following example: Charlie wants to have friends, but everyone around him makes a joke out of him.

What is character v. society?

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Type of conflict in the following excerpt: Charlie loves Miss Kinnian but knows it cannot work out between them.

What is character v. self?

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Type of conflict in this excerpt: Charlie longs for friendship and acceptance, but Frank and Joe make fun of him and laugh at his expense.

What is character v. character?

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The antagonist of the following conflict: Charlie wants very badly to be smart, but he is unable to learn beyond an elementary level.
What is Charlie's condition?
300

The antagonist in the following conflict: Charlie feels a sense of humiliation and shame, rather than friendship and acceptance.

Who are Joe Carpe and Frank Reilly?

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Identify one event that would take place in the falling action of the story.

possible answers: Charlie buries Algernon and puts flowers on his grave, Charlie regresses to his initial state, Charlie goes back to his old job at the factory, Charlie shows up in Miss Kinnian's adult school class and she runs out crying.

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An example of dramatic irony.
What is (answers may vary)
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The climax of the story: A. Charlie decides to leave New York, though he does not completely regret his experience. B. Charlie discovers that his intelligence will disappear faster than it developed. C. Algernon bites Charlie. D. Charlie is chosen to participate in an experiment in artificially increase his intelligence.
What is "B. Charlie discovers that his intelligence will disappear faster than it developed."
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The resolution of the story: A. Charlie decides to leave New York, though he does not completely regret his experience. B. Charlie discovers that his intelligence will disappear faster than it developed. C. Algernon bites Charlie. D. Charlie is chosen to participate in an experiment in artificially increase his intelligence.
What is "A. Charlie decides to leave New York, though he does not completely regret his experience."
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The exposition of the story: A. Charlie Gordon is a 37-year-old man who wants to be smart and well liked B. Miss Kinnian is Charlie’s night school teacher. C. Charlie decides to leave New York, though he does not completely regret his experience. D. Charlie is chosen to participate in an experiment in artificially increase his intelligence.
What is "A. Charlie Gordon is a 37-year-old man who wants to be smart and well liked"
400

What is Dr. Nemur's motives for the experiment?

He wants to be recognized in the scientific community for his advancements in increased intelligence.

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What does the "Algernon-Gordon" effect prove?

That "artificially increased intelligence deteriorates at a rate of time directly proportional to the quantity of the increase." In other words, because Charlie's IQ went up a lot, it will go back down very quickly.

500

The reason the story is called "Flowers for Algernon" ?

Charlie delivers flowers to Algernon's grave

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Character type of Joe Carpe and Frank Reilly.
What is dynamic?
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When Charlie's coworkers say, "to pull a Charlie Gordon," Charlie realizes they mean...

To do something stupid

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How are Charlie's "friends" from work different towards him when he goes back to work at the factory?

They stick up for him when someone tries to make fun of him, because they realize what he has been through and how wrong they treated him in the past.

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How does the theme "ignorance is bliss" apply to the story?

Charlie was happiest at the beginning of the story, when his IQ was low. 

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