The events that occur in a story. 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
This is the purpose for writing The Neckalce
What is to entertain?
200
The people in the story.
Who are the CHARACTERS?
200
The character who had to experience the horrible life the needy lived.
Who is Mme Loisel?
200
lack of basic necessities or comforts of life
What is privation?
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
Those are the three main purposes for writing.
What is to inform/explain, to persuade, and to entertain?
300
This is the central idea of the story or lesson about life a story conveys.
What is the theme?
300
The character who "was one of those pretty and charming girls, born, as if by an accident of fate, into a family of clerks."
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 married to a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education" (p 28)
What is in the exposition?
300
The purpose for writing a biography.
What is to explain/inform?
400
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
The purpose for writing fiction.
What is to entertain?
500
The person who causes conflict with the protagonist.
Who is the ANTAGONIST?
500
The name of the woman who lent Mme Loisel her necklace.
Who is Mme Forestier?
500
Filled with shock or horror
What is aghast?
500
"Finally, all was paid back, everything including the exorbitant rates of the loan sharks . . . " (p33)