The central idea of the story that is not usually stated by the author.
What is theme?
100
The time, location and mood of a story.
What is setting?
100
The first name of Miss Strangeworth.
What is Adela?
100
The colours of the roses in Miss Strangeworth's garden.
What is red, pink and white?
100
The nickname Mr.Lewis called Miss Strangeworth in high school.
Who is Addie?
200
The purpose of the theme.
What is to try to convey a message or understanding to the reader.
200
The size of the town Miss Strangeworth live in.
What is a small town?
200
Miss Strangeworth ate this and asparagus with sweet-butter sauce for supper.
What is a soft-boiled egg?
200
Miss Strangeworth uses this to write her notes.
What is a dull stub of pencil?
200
This is where Miss Strangeworth sends her notes.
What is the post office?
300
You do this to find the theme.
What is questioning and analyzing the story.
300
The street the Strangeworth House is on.
What is Pleasant Street?
300
The age of Miss Strangeworth.
What is seventy-one?
300
This person planted Miss Strangeworth's roses around a hundred years ago.
Who is Miss Strangeworth's grandmother?
300
The age of Don and Helen Crane's baby girl.
What is six months.
400
The circulatory of evil and how the appearance of one may not be one's true self.
What is the theme of "The Possibility of Evil"?
400
The season in which the story is set in.
What is summer?
400
Miss Strangeworth writes her notes based on this. It is mostly about things she hear, sees and then assumes.
What is suspicion?
400
It is Miss Strangeworth versus Miss Strangeworth, and Miss Strangeworth versus the town.
What is the conflict?
400
The type of irony that happens at the end of the story.
What is situational irony?
500
Techniques you can use to find and understand the theme.
What is to find the author's purpose in writing the story; what lesson or message they want the reader to understand or look at the plot, characters and setting for better understanding.
500
It was peaceful and easygoing until she began to write her letters.
What is the mood?
500
Miss Strangeworth won't give these away even though she has lots of it. These are her most prized possession.
What are roses?
500
What Don Cane wanted when he discovered it was Miss Strangeworth that was sending the notes.
What is revenge?
500
She received the following note from Miss Strangeworth: Have you found out yet what they were all laughing about after you left the bridge club on Thursday? Or is the wife really always the last one to know?