who said it?
Theme
Setting
Literary Devices
Literary elements
100
“My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking today! But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts” (3).
Montresor from "The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe.
100
True or false; A mothers love for her child is unconditional and blind, is a theme for A Retrieved Reformation.
False (Charles)
100
True or false; Venice, Italy; carnival season; Montresor’s catacombs, is the setting for "The Cast Of Amontillado.
True
100
What type of Irony is the quote from "A Retrieved Reformation" and why? “On the Monday night after Jimmy wrote his letter, Ben Price jogged unobtrusively into Elmore in a livery buggy” (33).
Dramatic Irony; The reader knows that Ben Price is in town but Jimmy does not.
100
Who is telling the story in the "Scarlet Ibis"?
The brother is telling the story (first person).
200
"I don't understand. I'm representing the New York Amalgamated Short Snap Biscuit Cracker and Frazzled Wheat Company" (30).
Jimmy Valentine from "A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry.
200
Pick the following theme for "The Cask Of Amontillado" a). People who are not restrained but allowed to be themselves have the potential to be exceptional.
b).Don't let pride override your common sense
B). Don't let pride override your common sense
200
What year does the story take place during "A Retrieved Reformation"
Early 1900's
200
What piece of figurative language is stated in the quote? "He collapsed onto the grass like a half-empty flour sack" (173).
Simile
200
How do the catacombs play a big role in the plot for "The Cask Of Amontillado"?
They play a big role in the plot because that is where all the main events happen in the story (Fortunato's death).
300
"One morning in July a hurricane came out of the east, tipping over the oaks in the yard and splitting the limbs of the elm trees" (177).
The narrator from the "Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurts
300
Pay attention to your surroundings is a theme for what story?
"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe.
(There are two themes for this story)
300
What is the setting for "A Retrieved Reformation"?
Prison in U.S.; Elmore, Arkansas
300
What piece of figurative language is this? "'Enough,' he said; 'the cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough.'
'True --true,' I replied;..." (4).
Foreshadowing; it foreshadows how Montresor is going to kill Fortunato.
300
What is the external conflict in "A Retrieved Reformation"?
Jimmy Valentine vs. Ben Price; Ben sees Jimmy using his tools to save a life and Ben Price then believes that Jimmy is a changed man.
400
"Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Pairs" (7).
Montresor from "The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe.
400
State the theme for "A Retrieved Reformation"
Love and care for others can change people for the better.
400
How does the time and place affect the plot of the story for "The Cask Of Amontillado"?
The story takes place during Carnival. Everyone is hiding their identity so you wouldn't know who people are. It also lets you get away with crime.
400
How does the Scarlet Ibis symbolizes Doodle?
The Ibis symbolizes Doodle because they are both graceful in their appearance, even in death.
400
What point of view is "A Retrieved Reformation" being told in?
Third person omniscient.
500
"I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar" (183).
The narrator from the "Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurts
500
State a possible theme for "The Scarlet Ibis"
Too much pride can blind you from what you are doing to others.
500
How does the narrator describe the setting in the beginning of the "Scarlet Ibis"?
He describes the setting by describing all of the different types of plants (flowers, trees) that are near him. He also includes thing that represent the color red/ death.
500
What is the allusion in "The Scarlet Ibis"?
Chateau-Thierry, Amiens, Soisson is the allusion in the "Scarlet Ibis" (battle sites; WWI). They help emphasizes the setting of the story.
500
What is the climax of "The Scarlet Ibis"?
The climax is when the storm comes and when Doodle and the Narrator start running home.