Contents/Literary Terms
Games at Twilight
Monkey's Paw
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
100
Which of the following events is a moment of high suspense in the story "Contents of a Dead Man's pocket"? Clare leaves. Tom looks down and panics. Tom stares through the window into his living room. Tom sees the yellow paper fly out of the window a second time.
Tom looks down and panics.
100
Which of the following is an example of external conflict in "Games at Twilight"? Ravi wants very badly to win the game of hide-and-seek. Ravi tries to decide if he is more afraid of Raghu or the shed. Ravi charges into the group of children, crying that he won. Ravi is crushed by his terrible feelings of being unimportant.
Ravi charges into the group of children, crying that he won.
100
How does the family feel in the morning after Morris's visit?
relaxed and relieved
100
What is the rising action?
action building up to the climax
100
The climax of a story
is the highest point of the story when the reader realizes the outcome of the conflict
200
In Contents, why doesn't Tom simply wait for his wife to come home and help him?
She had left early for the second feature and would not be home for hours.
200
Which of the following is a moment of suspense. The children are released from the house to play. Ravi imagines creatures are watching him in the dark shed. Ravi squashes a spider that had been tickling his neck. The children continue playing their funeral game.
Ravi imagines creatures are watching him in the dark shed.
200
Which line foreshadows what happens to Herbert? "I don't see the money . . . and I bet I never shall." "Why, we're going to be rich, and famous, and happy." "If you only cleared the house, you'd be quite happy . . ." "I expect you'll find the cash tied up in a big bag . . ."
"I don't see the money . . . and I bet I never shall."
200
What is a static character?
character that stays the same
200
When does the resolution occur?
at the end of the story
300
When Ravi finally comes out of the shed, he is stumbling, sobbing, and shouting. What effect does his behavior have on his family?
They are distracted and did not notice his arrival.
300
How do Mrs. White and Herbert regard Mr. White? as a hopeless romantic as a tiresome bore as a cruel tyrant as a lovable fool
as a lovable fool
300
What is personification?
Giving human-like qualities to objects
300
What is the series of related events in a story that gives the story structure?
plot
400
What is point of view?
the position from which the story is told
400
At the end of "Games at Twilight," the other children invite Ravi to play
a funeral game with them
400
What fact about Mrs. White helps you predict what the second wish will be?
She is a loving mother.
400
What is a simile?
comparing two unlike things without like or as
400
Internal conflict takes place where?
in a character's mind
500
What is the setting?
time, geographic location, and circumstance of the story
500
What is "Games of Twilight" mostly about?
a boy's realization of his insignificance
500
Which detail foreshadows the results of the third wish? The monkey's paw wriggles in Mr. White's grasp. Morris urges the Whites to burn the Monkey's paw. Herbert goes off cheerfully to work. Mrs. White claims she could never fear the child she had nursed.
Mrs. White claims she could never fear the child she had nursed.
500
What is the "third person" point of view?
A story told from the he, she, they, point of view.
500
True or false, the exposition of a story resolves the conflict?
False, it introduces the characters and explains the situation.
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