The Literary Element describing the twist at the end of the story when the supposedly "stupid jackal" cleverly outsmarts the tiger.
What is Irony?
100
"You are a fool to expect gratitude! Look at me! When I gave milk, they fed me cottenseed and oil cake, but now that I"m dry, they yoke me here and give me refuse as fodder!"
Who is the buffalo?
100
The hero of the story.
Who is the Jackal?
200
The literary element describing when non-human things are given humanlike characteristics: In the story, the road, tree, the buffalo, the tiger, and the jackal could all talk.
What is personification?
200
"You've been away a long time! Now let us begin our dinner!"
Who is the tiger?
200
This story is an example of this type of literature.
What is a fable?
300
The point of view of "The Tiger, The Brahman, and The Jackal."
What is 3rd person point of view?
300
"Oh my poor brain! Oh my poor brain!"
Who is the Jackal?
300
Never trust a wicked person is this of "The Tiger, The Brahman, and The Jackal."
What is the moral?
400
The process in which we watch the Jackal's character grow from a blundering fool to the clever hero.
What is characterization?
400
"Nay my friend. If I let you out, you'd probably eat me"
Who is the Brahman?
400
The question the Brahman asked the road, the buffalo, and the tree.
Does the tiger have the right to eat me?/Is it justified?
500
"It is very odd" said he sadly, "but it all seems to go in one ear and out the other!" the Jackal said sadly.
"In one ear and out the other", is an example of this.
What is an Idiom?
500
"How foolish you are to expect anything else! Here I am, useful to everybody, yet all, rich and poor, great and small, trample on me as they go past, giving me nothing but the ashes of their pipes, and the husks of their grain!"
Who is the road?
500
How did the jackal get the tiger to go back into the cage?
By tricking him. The Jackal asked "What was the usual way you got in the cage?