Literary Terms 1
When Montresor and Fortunato are in the catacombs, they drink some wine and Fortunato says, "I drink. . .to the buried that repose around us." Montresor replies, " And I to your long life." This is an example of?
Verbal Irony
"I remember his sweaty brow seemed to weep at my every move." This is an example of what?
Personnification
Which character consumes a fish that could symbolize the flesh of their own child?
Mrs. Jong
Which character carries a large purse that holds everything but a hammer and nails?
Mrs. Jones
Is using a rhetorical question a weak way to launch an introductory paragraph?
This is true
In addition to being the protagonist, Montresor is also a/an what?
Unreliable Narrator
Mathilde Loisel is a dissatisfied housewife who daydreams of luxury. This part of the story is called what?
Exposition
Which character loans out a piece of their costume jewelry?
Madame Forestier
Which character is completely blinded by dried blood that crusted over his eyes?
Georg Znaeym
Is the longest part of the story arch called the "Falling Action?"
It is not, the rising action is.
The sink where Roger scrubs his face serves as a what?
Symbol
To Waverly Jong, her mother is a what?
Antagonist
Which character is the first to understand the irony of their christmas gifts?
Jim Dillingham Young
Who is the national chess champion that doubts a woman will never win the title?
Bobby Fischer
What are the four elements of an introductory paragraph?
Hook, bridge, summary, and thesis.
"Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating." This is an example of what?
Aliteration
"The Cossack was that cat; he was the mouse." This is an example of what?
Metaphor
Which character unknowingly consumes the evidence of the crime he's investigating?
Jack Noonan
Which character was a hunter but becomes the hunted?
Rainsford
What is a particple?
Form of a verb which is used in a sentence to modify a noun or noun phrase
Even though he was young when the events in the story occurred, the reader finds Brother to be a what?
Reliable Narrator
When you look at Mary Maloney, Montresor, and Mathilde Loisel, you see an interesting connection. Each of these characters is a what?
Protagonist
Which character struggles to understand why we are cruelest to the ones we love?
Brother
Which character was brutal and had sharp teeth with blood-red lips?
Ivan, The Cossack
What is an absolute?
a group of words that modifies an independent clause as a whole.