Characters
Literary Elements
Plot
Vocabulary
Authors
100
This housewife is unhappy with her life though it is not particularly bad.
Who Madame Loisel.
100
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting.
100
Lizabeth learns a lesson from destroying some flowers and realizes she is growing up.
What is the resolution.
100
The ______ painting bothered me intensely. Ruinous Askew Implore
The askew painting bothered me intensely.
100
This author was famous for his poetry, short stories, and for his mysterious and tragic death.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe.
200
This individual grew tired of hunting big game and moved on to much more dangerous game.
Who is General Zaroff.
200
Language that is used for more than the literal use.
What is figurative language.
200
Rainsford and Whitney discuss big game hunting and the mysterious Ship Trap Island
What is the exposition
200
The __________ price of the shoes left me _______. Askew Ruinous Aghast Exorbitant.
The exorbitant price of the shoes left me aghast.
200
This author spent the last years of his life in an asylum, slowly dying from an unknown brain illness.
Who is Guy de Maupassant
300
This little girl grew up in the Great Depression and just does not like yellow flowers.
Who is Lizabeth.
300
This presents the main idea within a story, such as being careful who you insult, you never know how they will get their revenge.
What is a theme.
300
Rainsford hides behind the curtain of Zaroff's bedroom.
What is the falling action.
300
I _________ you to leave me alone before you are dismissed. Accost Implore Gamut
I implore you to leave me alone before you are dismissed.
300
This author started writing by covering his father's baseball games and went on to serve in WWI.
Who is Richard Connell
400
This brave big game hunter finds himself in a very dangerous situation on Ship Trap Island
Who is Sanger Rainsford
400
The events in the story.
What is the plot.
400
Mme. Loisel attends a party wearing some fancy jewelry.
What is the rising action.
400
Your disgusting breath _______ me as you spoke just now. Ruinous Implored Accosted
Your disgusting breath accosted me as you spoke just now
400
This author's death remains a mystery much like some of his literary works depicted.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe
500
This elderly woman loves to garden and does not much care for visitors.
Who is Miss Lottie.
500
This occurs when something is said but probably means something else entirely.
What is irony.
500
Montressor begins to wall up Fortunato within the catacombs.
What is the climax.
500
His girlfriend left his relationship prospects _________ to the ground. Fettered Implored Accosted
His girlfriend left his relationship prospects fettered to the ground.
500
This African-American author won the Gwendolyn Brooks Award for Fiction for her short story, "Marigolds."
Who is Eugenia Collier
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