Characters
The main character of the story. She wants to push the button.
Who is Norma?
The sequence of events in the story
What is Plot?
Learning about characters through their feelings, actions, speech, and thoughts is this element of a story.
What is characterization?
This is the object that the couple receives from a shady man.
What is a button?
The main character always has one of these in her mouth throughout the episode.
What is a cigarette?
The main character's husband. He argues they shouldn't push the button.
Who is Arthur?
The main message or lesson the author wants you to learn
What is Theme?
The main character struggling with herself to push the button or not is this kind of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
This is how much money the couple will receive if they press the button.
What is $50,000?
This is how much money the couple will receive if they push the button in the episode.
What is $200,000?
The shady man that brings the couple the button.
Who is Mr. Steward?
The climax of the story is when_______.
What is- Norma pushing the button?
The husband and wife arguing throughout the story is this kind of conflict.
What is an external conflict?
This is how the main character's husband physically died.
What is being hit by a train?
This is who dies at the end of the episode version.
Who is the last person that pressed the button?
A description of who will die if a person decides to press the button.
Who is someone you don't know?
Clues and hints that the author gives to the reader
What is Foreshadowing?
The apartment that the couple lives in is this element of a story.
What is a setting?
This is where the $50,000 came from.
What is Arthur's life insurance?
This is the husband's job in the episode.
What is a mechanic?
The hospital that calls to inform the main character her husband died.
What is Lennox Hill Hospital?
The building of tension and anticipation in a story.
What is Suspense?
"Greed can lead to one's downfall" is an example of this element of a story.
What is a theme?
This specific word for how the button works shows the biggest disagreement between the couple. The husband says it's this, while the wife says it isn't.
What is murder?
What does Mr. Steward guarantee to Norma about who will receive the box next?
What is "someone you don't know will be offered the same offer?"