Death by Scrabble
Lamb to the Slaughter
The Landlady
The Cask of Amontillado
Literary Terms
100
What is the setting of the story?
The house on a hot summer day.
100
How does Patrick treat his wife?
Patrick treats his wife with respect but he is also rude because Mary does things for him and he doesn't care.
100
Why does billys tea taste strange?
It was poisioned with bitter almonds.
100
What kind of irony do they use in the story?
The irony is dramatic, verbal, and situational.
100
What is tone?
The authors attitude against the audience, subject, author character showed through diologue and description author.
200
What is ironic about the story?
The man wants the wife to choke on a bee but the man chokes on a B scrabble piece.
200
Why does Mary go see Sam?
Someone needed to witness that she was out of the house when the murder was committed.
200
Why is Billy puzzled with the guest book?
He has seen the names in the newspaper before.
200
What is the point of view of the story?
Montresor - first person
200
What is the mood?
The feeling the reader gets from the story.
300
What is the story's point of view?
The husband - first person
300
How does Mrs. Maloney feel wen she got home and saw her husbands body on the ground?
She is filled with grief.
300
What is Billy's goal in the beginning of the story?
To find a hotel that's nice and cozy.
300
What makes Montresor such and effective enemy?
He makes Fortunato know that it was him that got the revenge, and he got away with it.
300
What are the three types of irony?
Situational, verbal, and dramatic.
400
What is the relationship between the husband and wife?
The husband hates the wife and wants her to die.
400
What irony is evident to the story?
Situational and verbal irony.
400
What are the advantages of staying at the Bell and Dragon?
It had more people and a pub where he can talk to people.
400
What is the climax of the story?
When Montresor locks up Fortunato and chains him up.
400
What is imagery?
How the author appeals to our senses.
500
What is the theme of the story?
The theme of the story is: don't think bad because bad things will happen to you and you will have a negative effect on everything.
500
What does Mary's husband do for a living?
He is a detective for a local police station.
500
What were the names of the men in the guest book that disappeared?
Christopher Mullholland and Gregory Temple.
500
How does the mood start?
The mood starts very dramtatic and ironic.
500
What is ambiguity?
Uncertainty about whats gonna happen next.
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