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Protagonist of the story; takes the flag from the dead soldier.
Who is Henry Fleming?
100
Injured
What is wounded?
100
Food eaten during a war oro combat
What is rations?
100
"....the retiring fog revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting" is an example of this type of figurative language
What is personification?
100
Discourages Henry from enlisting in the army during the Civil War
Who is Henry's Mother?
200
A talkative soldier that is wounded; asks Henry where his wound is located.
Who is The Tattered Soldier?
200
A heavy gun used by soldiers in the Civil War
What is a musket?
200
A deep hole dug for protection during combat
What is a trench?
200
Henry's main conflict in the beginning of the story
What is internal conflict?
200
The side on which Henry fights during the Civil War
What is the Union?
300
Gives Henry an envelop to hold because he thinks this will be his first and last battle.
Who is Tom Wilson?
300
Newly-enlisted soldiers in the military service
What is a recruit?
300
Henry was jealous of the other soldiers who had wounds. He __________ them.
What is envied?
300
a literary device used to show a comparison; used commonly in the novel by Crane
What is metaphor?
300
The animal that Henry encounters in the forest that helps him justify his decision to flee the battle
What is a squirrel?
400
Helps Henry back to his regiment when Henry was wounded. Compassionate soldier that helps to keep soldiers focused on the battle.
Who is The Cheery Soldier?
400
A fellow member of a group
What is a comrade?
400
The act of giving up; beaten
What is defeated?
400
Jim Conklin is used as one of these in the story
What is a symbol?
400
What a soldier must do in order to earn a red badge of courage
What is be wounded in battle?
500
A friend of Henry's that received a large wound in his side and later died.
Who is Jim Conklin?
500
A person who has served in the military service
What is a veteran?
500
Heavy guns used by soldiers
What is artillery?
500
He finally reached a road, where other regiments joined in the march.
What is alliteration?
500
Henry sees this in the "chapel"
What is a corpse?
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