Story Elements
Elements of Plot
Madame Loisel Characterization
Plot
Vocabulary
100

Briefly describe the climax of the necklace.

M. and Mme. Loisel decide to replace the necklace rather than tell Mme Forrestier that they lost it.

100
Provides important background information and introduces characters and setting.
What is exposition?
100

Write down 3 character traits that Madame Loisel has throughout the story. 

Young

Married

Vain 

Jealous

Entitled

100
What is the expostion of "The Necklace?"
Madame Loisel lives in France in a time where status is very important. She desperately wants to be upper class when she is lower to lower-middle class.
100

To indicate beforehand a hint of something to come later on in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

200
What is the setting of "The Necklace?"
A town in France in the past.
200
The conflict in the story is introduced and developed, leading to the climax. A series of events leading to the climax.
What is rising action?
200
What is Madame Loisel's first name?
Mathilde
200
What is the rising action of "The Necklace?"
When Loisel borrows the necklace. It builds suspension and intensity with the reader and builds toward the climax.
200

Extreme praise or worship

What is adulation?

300
What is the conflict in "The Necklace?"
Madame Loisel and her husband lose a valuable necklace and must maintain their dignity.
300
How the conflict of the plot is put to rest at the end of the story.
What is resolution?
300
How did the conflict change Loisel?
It changed her into a hard worker, and she lost her vanity.
300
What is the climax of "The Necklace"?"
When Loisel loses the necklace.
300
Irritation, displeasure, anger
What is vexation
400
What is the theme of "The Necklace?"
A desire to be someone else can ruin you. The love of money can destroy someone.
400
The point of highest intensity or the turning point of the plot where the main character makes a decision
What is climax?
400
Why was Loisel upset when her husband told her about the party? What does this say about her character?
She didn't have appropriate clothing to wear, and she is very vain.
400
What is the falling action of "The Necklace?"
Loisel develops into an extremely hard worker in order to pay off the debt incurred by the lost necklace . This is the direct result of the climax, and how the plot begins to unwind.
400
Opportunities, possibilities, chances
What is prospects?
500
Explain Madame Loisel's character's motivation for replacing the Necklace instead of telling her friend.
Mme Loisel has a need to maintain her dignity amongst the higher class; she didn't want to seem careless.
500

The results of the climax and the unwinding of the plot.

What is falling action?

500
When Loisel and her husband were leaving the party, what action characterized her hatred of everyday modest living?
When her husband tried to put the common cloths around her shoulders to keep her warm, yet she denied them in order to preserve her appearances in front of the wealthy.
500
What is the resolution of the Necklace?
Loisel pays her debts and discovers that the borrowed necklace was fake all along!
500
Beggar, debtor, someone who has nothing, especially money.
What is a pauper?
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