Literary Devices
This literary device describes the feeling the reader gets from the setting, scene or story.
What is mood?
This character dies in "The Monkey's Paw."
Who is Herbert?
This is the first thing Mr. White wishes for.
What is 200 pounds?
This was the final wish made by the first man who owned the paw.
What is for death?
This literary term best describes Sergeant-Major Morris's warnings about the monkey's paw.
What is foreshadowing?
This person feels more cautious about the monkey's paw than the other members of the family.
Who is Mr. White?
Sergeant Major Morris does this to try to destroy the monkey's paw, but Mr. White saves it.
What is throwing it on the fire?
The Monkey's Paw holds magical powers and can grant these.
What are wishes?
Hints or clues that predict future events in a story are an example of this.
What is foreshadowing?
This person thinks the monkey's paw can be used to fix negative consequences.
Who is Mrs. White?
This event was the consequence of a wish that helped the Whites pay off their house.
What is Herbert's death?
The paw did this as Mr. White made his first wish.
The struggle the Whites face as they deal with the consequences of wishing on the monkey's paw are an example of this type of conflict.
What is character vs. supernatural?
This character travels the world and brings back the cursed Monkey's Paw.
Who is Sergeant Major Morris?
Mr. White and Herbert are playing this game at the beginning of the story.
What is chess?
What is knocking on the door?
What is the setting of the story?
This character noticed a fatal mistake too late while playing chess at the beginning of the story.
Who is Mr. White?
This is how Herbert was killed.
What is by getting caught in the machinery.
This was Mr. White's second wish.
What is for their son to be alive?