Significant Items
What is the monkey's paw?
What is a simile?
"WISH!"
Who is Mrs. White?
The purpose of having Mr. White and Herbert playing ___ at the beginning of the game. It's a lit term.
What is to show characterization?
The strategy-based game Mr. White and Herbert play at the beginning of the story.
What is chess?
A phrase so overused it has lost all meaning. "Outside, the night was cold and wet" is an example.
What is a cliche?
"If you only paid off the house, you'd be quite happy, wouldn't you?"
Who is Herbert?
The reason the holy man puts a spell on the paw.
What is to show how fate rules people's lives?
The amount of money Mr. White asks for in his first wish.
What is 200 pounds?
When an author hints at something that will happen in the future. The mention of 200 pounds is an example.
What is foreshadowing?
"He was caught in the machinery."
Who is the man from Maw & Meggins?
The Whites arguing over the paw at the end of the story is an example of this lit term.
What is conflict?
The name of Herbert's workplace.
What is Maw and Meggins?
"Sounds like 'The Arabian Nights' is an example.
What is an allusion?
"If he was too terrible for you to see then, how now?"
Who is Mr. White?
The Whites receiving their wish in the worst possible way is an example of this lit term.
What is cosmic irony?
The holy man who curses the main item in the story.
What is a fakir?
A nicer way of saying an unpleasant thing. "He was caught in the machinery" is an example.
What is a euphemism?
"If you keep it, don't hold me responsible for what happens."
Who is Sergeant-Major Morris?
The uncertainty about what happens at the end of the story is an example of this lit term.
What is ambiguity?