Vocabulary
What is the definition of "peculiar"?
Odd
When the author TELLS us what a character is like.
When an older character offers serious advice the main character
Words of the wiser
In "The Path Through the Cemetery" the townspeople called Ivan a bird. What bird is it?
Is this an example of direct or indirect characterization: "Why will you say I am mad?"
Direct characterization
This word means "rising upwards"
Ascent
The feeling or atmosphere of the text
Mood
A-Ha Moment
Is Martin a dynamic or static character?
Static character
What is an unreliable narrator?
When a story is told by a narrator that cannot be trusted
What is the definition of "placid"?
Clues about what will happen in the text
Foreshadowing
What signpost is represented when Martin sees the woman whenever he is alone?
Again and again
What is the conflict in "Path Through the Cemetery?"
a) Ivan vs. self b) Ivan vs. townspeople
c) Ivan vs. nature d) Ivan vs. supernatural
a) Ivan vs. self
What is the conflict of "Lamb to the Slaughter"?
a) Mary vs. self b) Mary vs. Patrick
c) Mary vs. the detectives d) Mary vs. society
c). Mary vs. the detectives
This word means "offering no hope"
Bleak
The contrast between what is said and what is meant
Verbal irony
What signpost is represented when the narrator of "Tell-Tale Heart" wants to kill the old man because of his eye?
Contrasts and contradictions
What is the climax of "The Elevator"?
When the lady stops the elevator and says, "Hello Martin."
What type of figurative language is in this example: "Death in stalking him had come with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim."
Personification
This word means "sinister or ominous"
Baleful
A character who changes throughout the story
Dynamic character
Memory moment
These two stories share a theme. What is it?
The importance of facing your fears.
What is the situational irony in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
The person who was hired to take care of the old man actually killed him.