Plot
Mary Maloney watches the clock and continues her sewing all while thinking of her husband, Patrick.
What is happening at the beginning of the story?
a reference to something in history, literature, the Bible, pop culture an author uses to make a connection
What is allusion?
"Patrick's decided he's tired and doesn't want to eat out tonight," she told [Sam, the butcher] (62).
What is Patrick is really dead.
when a character makes a decision that points to the outcome of the story
What is climax?
Wanting a divorce
What is what Patrick tells Mary?
Its one job is to build suspense
What is dramatic irony?
"It's the old story," he said. "Get the weapon and you've got the man" (99).
What is the murderer is Mary Maloney, a woman.
The action after the climax. In the Lamb to the Slaughter, it is when the detectives eat the leg of lamb, the murder weapon.
What is falling action?
Thursday
a style of notetaking that allows the learner to organize terms on the left and write explanations and create illustrations on the right
What are Cornell Notes?
"almost certainly a large piece of metal" (98).
What is a frozen leg of lamb?
another word for resolution (it's French!)
What is Denouement?
Purposefully going to the butcher
What is creating an alibi for her whereabouts?
saying one thing but meaning another
What is verbal irony?
"Would you do me a SMALL favor - you and these others? (117).
What is a HUGE favor because the officers would be eating the evidence?
the heat of the story; no story can move forward without this
Rising Action/Conflict
The murder weapon
What is frozen leg of lamb?
a twist at the end
What is situational irony?
"and in the other room, Mary Maloney began to giggle" (134).
What is Mary Maloney getting away with murder?
names of characters
place
potential conflict
What is Exposition?