Literary Terms
"The Monkey's Paw"
"The Landlady"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
Miscellaneous
100
The time and place of a story
What is setting
100
The antagonist
What is the monkey's paw
100
The technique Roald Dahl uses to create suspense
What is foreshadowing
100
The narrator would be considered both the ______________ and the _______________.
What are the protagonist and antagonist
100
The number of examples each paragraph should have.
What is 3?
200
The main character of a story
What is the protagonist
200
The primary conflict in the story
What is man vs. supernatural
200
Bitter almonds indicate ______________
What is poison
200
The falling action in this story.
What is there is none?
200
The main argument/point of the paper.
What is the thesis?
300
A character in the story tells the story
What is 1st person point of view
300
The climax of the story
What is the banging on the door, the third wish, and opening the door all at once
300
The climax of the story
What is when Billy drinks the tea that tastes like bitter almonds
300
The primary conflict
What is man vs self
300
The first paragraph and the last paragraph of an essay
What are an introduction and conclusion?
400
The six types of conflict
What is man vs. man, self, nature, supernatural, technology, society
400
Two reasons Mr. White doesn't want to wish his son alive again
What are he has been dead 10 days and his body was only recognizable by his clothes
400
Things are not always as they seem
What is theme
400
The climax of the story.
What is when the narrator is raving and confesses?
400
Three of the five ways authors create suspense.
What are setting, fear of the unknown, foreshadowing, irony, and language/style?
500
What the author wants the reader to understand
What is theme
500
Two of the three ways readers know Major Morris is uncomfortable talking about the paw
What are his face gets white, he won't elaborate, he throws the paw in the fire
500
The following are examples of what literary element: Billy rings the bell, the Landlady jumps out, Billy signs the guestbook, Billy drinks the poisoned tea
What is rising action
500
The mind has a powerful control over our perceptions of reality and will adjust our behavior accordingly.
What is the theme?
500
The name of each type of irony and an example for each.
What is verbal irony, dramatic irony, situational irony. Various examples.
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