Vocabulary
Parts of a Story
Terminology
Monkey's Paw
Point of View
100
Creation of imaginary people who appear to be real to the reader.
What is characterization
100
Using the diagram, what part of the story is represented with the number one?
What is exposition.
100
The story starts with the father and son playing chess. What does the father's strategy at the chess game tell us about his personality.
What is that he likes to take risks.
100
What item in the story grants wishes
What is a monkeys paw
100
Point of view in which "I" or "We" serves as the narrator
What is first person point of view
200
Message or lesson about life that the author intends to convey to the reader through the story.
What is theme.
200
Using the diagram, what part of the story does number two represent.
What is rising action.
200
When the author writes "Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady kitting PLACIDLY by the fire." What does placidly mean.
What is calmly.
200
What character introduces the monkey paw in the story
What is Sergeant-Major Morris
200
Method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story
What is third person omniscient point of view
300
Use of descriptive words by the author that help to create a visual image in the reader's head
What is imagery.
300
Using the diagram, what part of the story is represented by the number three
What is the climax
300
When the author says, "The new arrival also condoled with himself, so that Mrs. White said, 'Tut, tut!' and coughed gently as her husband entered the room, followed by a tall burly man, beady of eye and rubicund of VISAGE." Visage means...
What is appearance
300
Why did the old fakir want a spell placed on the monkeys paw
What is to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow.
300
Method of story telling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character
What is third person limited point of view
400
Part of the plot in which the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution.
400
Using the diagram, what part of the story is represented by number four?
What is falling action
400
When the author says, "Her husband drew the TALISMAN from his pocket and then all three burst into laughter as the sergeant-major, with a look of alarm on his face, caught him by the arm." What does talisman mean...
What is charm.
400
Who took the monkey paw from Morris
What is the old man, Mr. White
400
The Monkey's Paw is written in this point of view
What is third person limited
500
Part of the plot that gives the background of the story
What is exposition.
500
Using the diagram, what part of the story is represented by the number five
What is the resolution
500
"If you must wish," he said GRUFFLY, "wish for something sensible." What does gruffly mean
What is harshly
500
What was the first wish made on the monkey's paw
What is for 200 pounds
500
Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. From what point of view is the story told?
What is third person limited
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