Characters
Short Stories
Plot Structure
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Tone & Mood
100
A sharecropper with a second-grade education, she has preserved the family tradition of quilt-making contrary to her daughter's reproaches for not being close enough to their roots.
Who is Mama or the narrator from "Everyday Use"?
100
We can infer from character descriptions and references to technology (or lack thereof) time and place also know as the ________ of a story.
What is "setting"?
100
Dee asks Mama for the handmade traditional quilts that are intended for Maggie as a wedding gift. This is considered the ________ of the story because it reveals the tension between the two siblings and their mother.
What is "climax"?
100
In order to present a credible argument, you need to provide this
What is "citing evidence"?
100
"Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans". This is an instance of ______.
What is "tone"?
200
Like the season in which the ritual takes place, this character's name suggests light-heartedness and positivity.
Who is "Mr. Summers"?
200
Some literary scholars argue that a major _______ in "Everyday Use" is the conflict between the younger generation, as represented by Dee, and the older generation, as represented by Maggie.
What is "theme"?
200
Katniss encourages Peeta to eat the poisoned berries so that the Capital does not "win".
What is "falling action"?
200
The way a character interacts with other characters reveals whether the conflict will be resolved effectively in a story
What is "effect on others"?
200
"I'm so much better than you" is an example of the author creating _________.
What is "tone"?
300
This character used Spiderman-like methods to steal money in order to pay off his gambling debts.
Who is "Peter Parkour"?
300
Peeta says, "I have no chance of winning. Everybody knows it”; however, the audience finds out that the Capital will change the rules to allow for two victors from the same district. The director has employed this type of irony.
What is "dramatic irony"?
300
Country mouse invites his cousin, City mouse, to his humble home for dinner. This is the _________ of the famous fable.
What is the "exposition"?
300
In The Hunger Games, the character's appearance gave us hints about the plot
What is "looks"?
300
“The haunted house has an eerie atmosphere" is an example of ________.
What is "mood"?
400
This character's flamboyant appearance and enthusiastic manner of speaking mislead us into thinking that the competition is moral.
Who is "Effie Trinket"?
400
In The Hunger Games, President Snow represents a godlike figure and appears to be an innocent, sage (wise) old man when, in fact, he orders the death of insubordinate citizens. Despite Crane's devil-like appearance, he occasionally shows compassion toward Katniss. Directors use this type of irony to enhance suspense in film.
What is "situational irony"?
400
Dee visits her family home in the country for the first time since she has gone away to college in the city.
What is the "rising action"?
400
After you present your claim and evidence you have to do this in order for the reader to understand your point.
What is "explain"?
400
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost
What is "reflective mood"?
500
This character "...will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that "no" is a word the world never learned to say to her".
Who is Maggie from "Everyday Use"?
500
If Antonio says, "Miss Jérémie's explanation is as clear as mud", he is employing this type of irony.
What is "verbal irony"?
500
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her" marks the ________ of the story, "The Lottery".
What is the "resolution"?
500
In Jamaica Kincaid's, "What I Have Been Doing Lately", the main character does not speak but much is revealed about her life through her _________.
What is "thoughts"?
500
"There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible-still she asserted she caught their shining". –Charlotte Bronte
What is a "depressing mood"?
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