"The Tell-Tale Heart"
"The Monkey's Paw"
"The Necklace"
Characterization
Vocabulary
100
First Person
What is the POV of narration in this story?
100
One of the two flat characters in this story
Who is Herbert/S-M Morriss?
100
Guy de Maupassant
Who is the author of this short story?
100
shows many traits throughout the story
What is a round character?
100
in the countryside
What is "rural"?
200
His neighbor's vulture eye
What is the reason the narrator murdered the old man?
200
A holy man of India
What is a fakir?
200
She loses Madame Forrester's diamond necklace after the ball.
What is Matilda's external conflict?
200
Self reliant and satisfied
What are two traits that Matilda reveals at the end of "The Necklace"?
200
longingly;remembering the happy past
What is "Wistfully"?
300
Stone dead
What is the metaphor used to describe the old man's heart?
300
200 pounds
What is the amount wished for in the first wish? What is the amount given in compensation for Herbert's death?
300
Social conditions and mood/atmosphere
What are the important aspects of setting for this story?
300
Skeptical
What is Herbert's main trait in "The Monkey's Paw"?
300
Annoyed at an injustice
What is "indignant"?
400
An acute sense of hearing
What is the super power the narrator believes he possesses?
400
To please and comfort his wife
What is Mr. White's motivation for his second and third wishes?
400
Vain and self-conscious
What are two of Matilda's traits at the beginning of the story?
400
From passive and supportive to demanding and shrill
How does Mrs. White change over the course of "The Monkey's Paw"?
400
To speak badly of someone
What is "to malign"?
500
Because he believes they are deriding him.
Why does the narrator yell, "Villains" at the police.
500
They both wished for a death as their third wish!
How are the first wish maker and Mr. White the same?
500
Third person limited
What is the POV of narration for this story?
500
She feels that she was born into the wrong caste and deserves a more fabulous life instead of being married to a poor and unambitious clerk.
What is Matilda's internal conflict?
500
compensation
What is "a payment for something earned
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