Plot Diagram
Literary Terms
Vocabulary
The Characters
The Story
100
The beginning of the story: -Setting -Characters
What is the exposition?
100
Clues and hints that point to what will happen later
What is foreshadowing?
100
To understand
What is to fathom?
100
The antagonists of this story
What are the rats?
100
Setting
What is off the coast of Guiana, on the island of Three Skeleton Key, in a lighthouse?
200
The turning point of the story
What is the climax?
200

The author uses this to keep the reader on the edge of his/her seat; mental uncertainty

What is suspense?

200
Large, moving crowds
What is a horde?
200
Which of the three main characters dies at the end of our story?
Who is Itchoua?
200
Climax
What is when they lit the lamp?
300
The main events that lead to the resolution
What is the falling action?
300
an educated guess as to what will happen next in the story
What is a prediction?
300
Fit to be eaten
What is edible?
300
Which of the three main characters goes mad at the end of our story?
Who is Le Gleo?
300
Resolution
What is when the three men were rescued?
400
The end of the story.
What is the resolution?
400
the good guy or hero of the story
What is the protagonist?
400
Moving back
What is receding?
400

Which of the three main characters returns to the island at the end of our story?

Who is the narrator?

400
The legend of Three Skeleton Key
When the three convicts were stranded on the island, they starved to death. Their skeletons were found on the beach, dancing and screeching.
500
The main events that lead to the turning point of the story
What is the rising action?
500
the bad guy or villain of the story
What is the antagonist?
500
Scornful or ridiculing
What is derisive?
500

Who are the protagonists of this story?

Who are Le Gleo, Itchoua, and the narrator?

500
The author of Three Skeleton Key?
Who is George Toudouze?
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