Literary Terms
The type of narrator that a reader cannot trust to faithfully recount story facts
What is an unreliable narrator?
The person Molly and Kip meet at the Crossroads
Who is Hester Kettle?
The worst effects of the Irish Potato Famine took place during this decade
What is the 1840's?
Hester Kettle eventually risked her life when she was tempted by this deadly sin
What is greed?
Decay, despair, and deadly omens often are found in this type of literature
What is Gothic literature?
A collection of related elements or ideas that recur throughout a work
What is a motif?
The age of the youngest Windsor child
What is six years old?
It is believed that this many Irish people died during the Irish Potato Famine
What is 1-2 million?
The color of the door to the Wishing Room is symbolic of this deadly sin
What is envy?
This is the only thing The Wishing Tree allows into itself
What is the "gifts" it gives?
The order, organization, and relationship of words to each other in sentences
What is syntax?
Also known as the evangelists
Who are Fig & Stubbs?
This is what caused potatoes to turn rotten and become inedible during the Irish Potato Famine
What is potato blight (phytophora infestans)?
Bertrand's desire to shower his family with wealth is an example of this deadly sin
What is pride?
The name of the garden tended by the The Night Gardner
What is The Midnight Garden?
The general attitude of a work as revealed through the narrator
What is tone?
Likely the first murdered victim of the Wishing Tree
Who is the Night Gardener?
This country ruled Ireland in the 1800s
What is Great Britain (as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)?
This character is killed because his arrogance and ambition tempts him to participate in a situation that results in the tree being harmed
Who is Dr. Crouch?
Hester Kettle's gift to Molly and Kip
What is a map showing directions to a house?
Refers to when a narrative begins in the middle without an introduction or context
What is "in medias res"?
What Kip received from the Wishing Tree
What is (Dr. Rootley's) Wonder-Balm?
These TWO government polices likely were most to blame for the mass starvation of the Irish people during the Famine
What is exporting Irish food products and poor management of emergency food supplies?
The "gift" the Wishing Tree gave Fig & Stubbs
What are promissory notes (money)?
Molly "waking" Kip after he almost dies is evidence of this theme in the novel
What is The Power of Stories?