Women of Wits
In "Thank You, Ma'am" what item does Roger try to steal?
What is Mrs. Jones' Purse?
What natural event traps Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym in 'The Interlopers'?
What is a falling tree branch/limb?
What does General Zaroff consider to be 'the most dangerous game' to hunt?
What are Human Beings/Men?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in quick succession, like 'silent, sleek, sinister.'
What is alliteration?
What news does Patrick Maloney deliver to Mary in 'Lamb to the Slaughter' that serves as the inciting incident?
What is that he's leaving their marriage/divorcing her?
What is the ultimate truth Mathilde Loisel discovers about the diamond necklace after years of debt?
What is that the original lost necklace was fake diamonds/costume jewelry.
In 'Cask of Amontillado,' what is Fortunato's weakness that Montresor exploits to lure him into the catacombs?
What is his pride in his wine connoisseurship/knowledge?
A figure of speech that gives human qualities or characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
What is Mrs. Jones's primary goal in taking Roger home?
What is to get him cleaned up/feed him/take care of him?
What is the final 'interloper' that approaches the trapped men in Saki's story?
What are wolves?
Rainsford uses three types of traps during the hunt. Name one of them.
What is the Malay man-catcher, Burmese Tiger Pit, or Ugandan Knife Trick?
A direct comparison between two unlike things *without* using 'like' or 'as.'
What is a metaphor?
In 'Lamb to the Slaughter,' what household object is used as the murder weapon?
What is a frozen leg of lamb meat?
The theme of 'The Necklace' revolves around the dangers of focusing too much on this.
What is appearances/vanity/greed?
According to Montresor, for revenge to be perfect, the avenger must do this without suffering this.
What is to administer punishment without being punished?
A literary device where an object or idea represents a deeper, abstract idea, such as a necklace representing vanity.
What is symbolism?
What literary device is the central source of humor and horror when the police officers eat the murder weapon?
What is Dramatic Irony (when the audience/reader knows something that the characters do not)?
Explain the situational irony in the ending of 'The Interlopers.'
What is the men finally reconcile, only to be killed by wolves before anyone finds them?
What is Rainsford's ultimate fate after the final conflict with Zaroff?
What is he sleeps the final night in Zaroff's bed (implying he killed Zaroff and took his place)?
A contrast between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true, used heavily in 'Lamb to the Slaughter.'
What is dramatic irony?