Short Story Elements
Who That?
Vocabulary
Plot Point
Literary Devices
100
This is the story line. It includes an exposition, rising action, falling action and resolution
What is the PLOT
100
The first name of the protagonist of "The Necklace"
What is Mathilde?
100
Chances or possibilities for success or profit
What are prospects?
100
"Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she scornfully tossed the invitation on the table, murmuring, 'What good is that to me?'"
What is in the rising action?
100

the necklace

What is symbolizing materialism and desire for high status?

200
The people in the story.
Who are the CHARACTERS?
200
"__________ experienced the horrible life the needy lived." (pg 33)
Who is Mme Loisel?
200

filled with shock or horror

What is aghast?

200
"modest garments of everyday life whose shabbiness clashed with the stylishness of her evening clothes. She felt this and longed to escape..." (p30)
What is in the rising action
200

"making the walls alive with characters out of history and strange birds in a fairyland forest"

What is personification?

300
This is the main idea of the story.
What is the theme?
300
"She was one of those pretty and charming girls, born, as if by an accident of fate, into a family of clerks." (pg 27)
Who is Mme Loisel?
300
Anger or annoyance
What is vexation?
300
"With no dowery, no prospects, no way of any kind of being met, understood, loved and married by a man both prosperous and famous, she was finally maried to a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education" (p 28)
What is in the exposition?
300

"she would dream"

What is repetition?

400
This is usually found in the exposition. It is the location and time.
What is the SETTING?
400
A flat character in "The Necklace"
Who is M. Loisel, her husband
400
excessive praise or flattery
What is adulation?
400
"And she smiled with proud and simple joy." (p34)
What is in the resolution
400

"being grateful for what you have" and "obsessing over materialistic things"

What is theme?

500
The person who causes conflict with the protagonist.
Who is the ANTAGONIST
500
"But her husband exclaimed, '"My, but you're silly! GO see your friend ___________ and ask her to lend you some jewlery.'" (pg 30)
Who is Mme Forestier?
500

lack of basic necessities or comforts of life

What is privation?

500
"Finally, all was paid back, everything including the exorbitant rates of the loan sharks . . . " (p33)
What is in the falling action
500

"They walked toward the seine"

What is allusion

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