A Gray Sleeve
Stephen Crane
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Christmas
100

The story "A Gray Sleeve" takes place during which war?

What is the Civil War?

100

The number of children in Stephen Crane's family

What is 14?

100

This describes a sudden twist in the story

What is IRONY?

100

A character that does not change throughout the story

What is a STATIC CHARACTER?

100

Santa Claus is based on this real person

Who is St. Nicolas?

200

The use of sound devices in the opening part of the story makes "A Gray Sleeve" have this quality

What is REALISTIC?

200

The name of Crane's second (and very popular) novel

What is the "Red Badge of Courage?"

200

'Bam' & 'Splat' are examples of this figurative language

What is Onomatopoeia? 

200

This word means a bad ending to a story

What is CATASTROPHE?

200

This country celebrates Christmas with a giant Yule Goat made of straw

What is SWEDEN?

400

Character's lives torn apart by war with the hope of a normal life in the end 

What is the theme of "A Gray Sleeve?"

400

Crane's writing was so accurate that critics believed he was one of these

What is a VETERAN?

400

These are described in the story as "blue and steel"

What are Union uniforms?

400

The person telling the story

Who is the NARRATOR?

400

Charles Dickens wrote this famous story about a miser being visited by ghosts on Christmas Eve

What is "A Christmas Carol"?

600

The type of ending this story has

What is anticlimactic?

600

Crane never achieved this 

What is financial success?

600

"The yellow FOLDS of the FLAG FLUTTERED back in SILKEN, SHUDDERING waves."

What is alliteration?

600

The specific name story, book, poem, screenplay or film

What is the TITLE?

600

The bandits from "Home Alone"

Who are Harry and Marv?

800

This character changes the most in the story. At first confident, aggressive, and in control. Later he loses all ability but to withdraw. This character teaches that we have a lack of control over our lives. 

Who is the CAPTAIN?

800

The occupation of Stephen Crane's father

What was a Methodist minister?

800

Every day, conversational language in writing is called this

What is COLLOQUIAL DICTION?

800

This word describes the assisting officer in the story

Who is a SUBALTERN?

800

Santa has this many reindeer

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