Harrison Bergeron
The Interlopers
To Build a Fire
Shoofly Pie
Short Story Elements (Vocabulary)
100
Time: year 2081 Place: Televison Studio
What is the setting?
100
Ulrich and Georg
Who are the main characters in "The Interlopers?"
100
This is the setting of "To Build a Fire."
What is the Yukon in the days of the gold rush?
100
Mattie recently lost this family member in "Shoofly Pie"
Who is her mother?
100
This the time and place in which the story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
The static characters in the story
Who are George and Hazel? Who are the mother and the father?
200
Ulrich was searching for poachers on his land.
What is the reason he was in the forest?
200
This causes the second fire the man builds to go out.
What is the snow falling from the tree?
200
Mattie and Johnny are both examples of this type of character because of the changes they go through.
What is a dynamic character?
200
The turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
300
The Handicapper General enters the studio and shoots Harrison and the ballerina as they dance in mid-air.
What is the climax of "Harrison Bergeron?"
300
Ulrich and Georg were about to do this when the tree landed on them.
What is shoot each other?
300
This is why the man has a hard time rebuilding the second fire.
What is the numbness in his hands?
300
The workers at the restaurant begin to do this to honor their loved ones.
What is make the loved ones' favorite recipes?
300
The emotion that the writer wants the reader to feel is known as this term.
What is mood/tone?
400
Harrison is smarter and stronger than everyone else so he is determined to be a threat.
What is the reason he is in prison?
400
Holding a grudge was this short story element of "The Interlopers."
What is the theme?
400
This is the major mistake he makes, even though the old man warned him about this mistake.
What is traveling alone?
400
This is where Johnny was at the beginning of the story.
What is his grandfather's funeral?
400
This is any object, person, place, or event that represents an idea.
What is symbol?
500
This keeps George from being different from everyone else.
What is the government or the transmitter from the government?
500
This was the irony of the story.
What is when Georg and Ulrich are eaten by wolves before they can tell their families that they have ended the feud?
500
This is the theme of "To Build a Fire."
What is listening to one's own instincts?
500
Riyad was an example of this type of character because we do not know much about him.
What is a flat character?
500
In this type of narration, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL of the characters in the story.
What is third person omniscient?
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