Elements of Plot
The ending of a story where events are concluded.
What is Resolution?
The reason the narrator wants to kill the old man.
"I saw you. It wasn't fair!"
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The activity the husband commonly goes out to do.
What is hunting?
"'I don't know about this,' she said," is an example of this word in PAIRS.
What is speech?
The part of the story where, typically, characters receive new information.
What is climax?
The thing the narrator hears getting louder at the end of the story.
What is the old man's heart?
"Have I not told you that my hearing had become unusually strong?"
The narrator of "The Tell Tale Heart."
The reaction the narrator's child has to her husband.
"He was a short man with round glasses," is an example of this word in PAIRS.
What is actions?
In "The Wife's Story" this element of plot is represented by the narrator's husband acting strangely.
What is conflict?
The number of nights the narrator stalks the old man before killing him.
"It was the moon, that’s what they say. It’s the moon’s fault, and the blood."
Who is the narrator or "The Wife's Story"?
The thing the narrator's husband turns into.
What is a human man?
"She thought the entire thing was very silly," is an example of this word in PAIRS.
What is inner thoughts?
In "The Tell-Tale Heart" this element of plot is represented by the narrator sneaking into the old man's room every night.
What is rising action?
The place the narrator hides the old man's body.
What is under the floorboards?
"'Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery...'"
Who is Old Man Warner?
The character who kills the narrator's husband.
Who is the wife's sister?
"They poured themselves a glass of water," is an example of this word in PAIRS.
What is Actions?
The three things revealed in the exposition.
What are setting, characters, and background information?
The narrator thinks that these characters must be "playing a game" with him.
Who are the police?
"'Now, I'll read the names-- heads of families first-- and the men come up and take a paper out of the box.'"
Who is Mr. Summers?
The name the narrator gives to human beings.
What is "hateful ones"?
Come up with an example of Reactions.
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