Story Events
In Thank You, Ma'am, this is the reason Roger tried to steal Mrs. Jones' bag.
He wanted to buy some blue suede shoes
He was mad at his father and upset about his grades.
Who is Greg
This form of comparison uses the words 'like' or 'as'
What is a simile
This type of comparison does not use the words 'like' or 'as'
This story was set in a family's catacombs under the streets of Paris
What is The Cask of Amontillado
The events in The Cask of Amontillado happened this many years ago.
What is 50 years ago
He had been called many things in his life including husband, father, blues singer, and ragman
Who is Lemon Brown
The night was dark, the wind was blowing dangerously, and the animals were no where to be found
What is a foreshadowing
The person telling the story doesn't know what is really happening or is lying about what is happening
What is an unreliable narrator
The setting for this story is directly affected by the main character's mood and feelings
What is The Treasure of Lemon Brown
In The Interlopers, this is who legally owned the land the men were fighting over.
Who is Ulrich von Gradwitz's family
This character felt very insulted and murdered the man who he felt had insulted him.
Who is Montresor
What is personification
When the teacher says, "Your homework is to write five paragraphs." and a student replies, "Oh good! I was worried I would have nothing to do tonight!"
What is verbal irony
This story starts on the streets of New York City at night where we meet a lady who has just finished work for the night
What is Thank You, Ma'am
In The Treasure of Lemon Brown, this is what Greg did to scare away the 'bad men.'
What is howled
This very rich lady helped her friend and let her borrow a necklace.
Who is Madame Forestier
Everything Mathilde did was because she wanted to be rich, admired, and praised by everyone around her.
What is character motivation
What is imagery
This story was set in the Carpathian mountains during a winter storm
What is The Interlopers
The amount of money that Mathilde and her husband paid for the replacement necklace
What is 36,000 francs
This lady helped a young boy who did not have any parents at home to guide him. (Her Full Name)
Who is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
In The Cask of Amontillado, we the reader know the fate of a character before the character knows himself.
What is dramatic irony
In The Necklace, the Loisel's work hard for 10 years and end up replacing a necklace that was only worth 500 pounds.
What is situational irony
This story has multiple settings with the last one being tragically worse than the first
What is The Necklace