Short Stories
Plotline/Mood/Tone/Theme
Irony
Archetypes
Stems
100

At the beginning of this story the mood is very light, innocent and positive

What is "The Flowers?"

100

This is the climax of the story. 

What is the name for the turning point or the most exciting/interesting part of a story?
100

This is an example of situational irony in "Story of an Hour."

What type of irony is it when Mrs. Mallard is happy that her husband has died?

100

This is an archetype.

What is a symbol, character, or situation that is recurrent with the same symbolic meaning in literature across time and the world?

100

A stem that part of the word that means to "separate by group"

greg

200

The character cannot choose between someone he likes and being himself

What is the central conflict in "The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant?"

200
This is the resolution.
What is it called at the end of the story when the conflict is resolved and the story is finished?
200

This is an example of situational irony in "The Interlopers"

What type of irony is it when Georg and Ulrich become friends after meeting each other in the forest with intentions to kill?

200

An archetypal color that represents purity, cleanliness, and honesty

What is the color white?

200

A stem that is part of the word that means "to be worthy of respect"

dign

300

The cultural context of this story is very important to understand the emotions felt

What is "The Story of an Hour?"

300

This is the theme of the story.

What is the literary name for the message/moral/lesson in the story?

300

This is an example of situational irony in "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant."

What type of irony is it when the narrator sacrifices one thing he loves to get another but ends up losing both?

300

The person who offers guidance and support to the hero of the story

What is the mentor?

300

A stem that is part of the word that means "loud, confused noise"

clam

400

These are important in literature because they can help you make inferences about what might happen

What are archetypes?

400
This is the mood of the story.

What is the literary term for the way a reader feels while reading a story?

400

This is an example of dramatic irony in "The Story of an Hour"

What type of irony is it when the rest of the characters think Mrs. Mallard dies because she is really happy to see her husband?

400

Fall

What is the seasonal archetype that represents maturity, old age, change?

400

A stem that is part of the word that means "comprise or contain as part of a whole"

clud

500

A family feud turned into a friendship and two men trapped under a tree 

What are the internal and external conflicts of "The Interlopers?"

500

This is the tone of the story.

What is the author's attitude in the writing?

500

This is an example of situational irony in the story "The Flowers."

What type of irony is it when Myop ends up having a horrible day after starting out the day so light and positive?

500

The archetype fire

What is the archetype that represents passion and destruction but also rebirth and new opportunity?

500

A stem that is part of the word that means "belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now"

curr

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