The Authors
Characterization
Plot
Point of View
The Stories
100

Joyce Carol Oates wrote this story.

What is "Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?"

100

"Connie had long dark blond hair that drew anyone's eye to it, and she wore part of it pulled up on her head and puffed out and the rest of it she let fall down her back. She wore a pull-over jersey blouse that looked one way when she was at home and another way when she was away from home" is an example of this characterization method.

What is "appearance"?

100

The climactic point in this story is Mrs. Hutchinson drawing the black spot.

What is "The Lottery"?

100

The point of view in "Cask of Amontillado".

What is "first-person"?

100

Name the author of this story: "Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?"

Who is Joyce Carol Oates?

200

Alice Walker wrote this story.

What is "The Flowers"?

200

“Clean forgot what day it was,” she said to Mrs. Delacroix, who stood next to her, and they both laughed softly. “Thought my old man was out back stacking wood,” Mrs. Hutchinson went on, “and then I looked out the window and the kids was gone, and then I remembered it was the twenty-seventh and came a-running.” is an example of this characterization method.

What is "dialogue"?

200

The climactic point in this story is Connie stepping out of the door.

What is "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

200

The point of view in "Cinderella".

What is "third-person omniscient"?

200

Name the author of this story: "The Lottery"

Who is Shirley Jackson?

300

Shirley Jackson wrote this story.

What is "The Lottery"?

300

"When the bridal couple walked into the church, the older sister walked on their right side and the younger on their left side, and the pigeons pecked out one eye from each of them. Afterwards, as they came out of the church, the older one was on the left side, and the younger one on the right side, and then the pigeons pecked out the other eye from each of them. And thus, for their wickedness and falsehood, they were punished with blindness as long as they lived. " is an example of this characterization method.

What is "action"?

300

The climactic point in this story is when the gold slipper fits!

What is "Cinderella"?

300

The point of view in "The Lottery".

What is "third-person omniscient"? 

300

Name the author of this story: "Cask of Amontillado"

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

400

The Brothers Grimm wrote this story.

What is "Cinderella"?

400

"She thought, I'm not going to sleep in my bed again." is an example of this characterization method.

What is "thought"?

400

The climactic point in this story occurs when Montresor chains Fortunato to the floor and traps him behind a brick wall.

What is "The Cask of Amontillado"?

400

The point of view in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

What is "third-person limited"?

400

Name the author of this story: "The Flowers"

Who is Alice Walker?

500

Edgar Allan Poe wrote this story.

What is "The Cask of Amontillado"?

500

"She started snipping quickly, unevenly, the rhythm of her anger punctuated by the growing pile of tight black curls on the floor." is an example of this.

What is "action"?

500

The climactic point in this story is when Myop steps into a corpse.

What is "The Flowers"?

500

The point of view in "The Flowers".

What is "third person limited"?

500

Name the author of this story: "Cinderella"

Who is the Brothers Grimm?

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