literary terms
the opposite of what you expect
What is irony?
William Sydney Porter pseudonym
Who is O'Henry?
able to move quickly and easily
What is agile?
Jim and Della's most prized possession
What is true love?
the moral or lesson of a literary work
What is theme?
He started to write these to support his daughter while he was in prison.
What are short stories?
a small waterfall that falls in stages
What is a cascade?
Jim and Della were ______
What is a Magi?
the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says
What is verbal irony?
THE AUTHOR WAS CALLED BACK TO THIS CITY TO STAND TRIAL FOR EMBEZZLING MONEY WHILE HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
What is Austin?
a British apartment
What is a flat?
amount of $$ Madame Sofronie gave Della
What is $20?
the reader or audience knows something before a character in the story does
What is dramatic irony?
HE DIED OF THIS DISEASE AS A RESULT OF HEAVY AND LONGTERM DRINKING
What is cirrhosis?
a hall or lobby next to the outer door of a building
What is a vestibule?
the setting of the story
What is a British flat on Christmas Eve?
irony in which the actual result is totally different from what you expect
What is situational irony?
was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City
Who was William Sydney Porter (O'Henry)?
bring about an action or event
What is instigates?
Jim & Della did this for each other
What is sacrifice?