Lamb to the Slaughter
This is the main character who kills her husband in the story...
Who is Mary Maloney
The narrator's reason for killing the old man...
What is the "vulture eye"
This is a person, animal, or figure in a story...
What is a character
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea...
What is a noun
A movie based on this famous building toy broke records at the box office..
What is The Lego Movie
This item is used as a murder weapon in the story...
What is a leg of lamb
To prove he isn’t mad, the narrator insists he was careful and did this for seven nights...
What is watch the old man sleep
This part of a story tells when and where the action happens...
What is setting
Identify the adverb in the sentence, "The basketball team practiced outside on the court even though the wind was strong."
What is 'outside'
Looking someone in the eye, nodding, and responding thoughtfully are signs you’re practicing this listening skill...
What is active listening
Mary creates this clever plan to avoid suspicion after committing the crime.
What is go to the grocery store to create an alibi
This sound grows louder and louder, driving the narrator to confess...
What is the beating of the old man's heart
This term describes the struggle between opposing forces, like a hero vs. villain or a character’s inner thoughts...
What is conflict
When an author hints at events that will happen later in a story, it’s called this...
What is foreshadowing
Britney Spears' highest selling album with over 35 million copies sold...
What is Baby One More Time
This is the reason Patrick Maloney gives Mary that leads to the shocking event.
What is that he is leaving her (divorce)
The story is told from this point of view...
What is first person
This is the message or lesson an author wants the reader to take away from a story...
What is theme
A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word is called this...
What is a synonym
Hulk Hogan's real name...
What is Terry Bollea
This word describes the story’s ending, when the detectives unknowingly eat the evidence.
What is irony
This type of irony occurs when the detectives unknowingly sit on top of the dead body...
What is dramatic irony
These are the tools authors use—like similes, metaphors, and imagery—to make writing more vivid and descriptive...
What are literary devices
This is the sequence of events in a story, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution...
What is the plot
The date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence...
What is August 2, 1776