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turning point of story, the moment when suspense reaches its peak, results in change for main characters
What is the climax?
100
After this event, the daughter decided to stop trying to be a prodigy
What is the talent show?
100
"You can be best Anything"
Who is Jing-Mei's mother? Note-The mother believed that you could be anything you wanted to be in America, and she wanted her daughter to be a prodigy. She believed that her daughter could be the best at anything she chose if she just tried hard enough
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General Zaroff owns this island and sailors are typically hunted
What is Ship-Trap island?
100
During the climax, she hit her mother with a "low-blow" and changed their relationship.
Who is Jing-Mei? She said, "I wish I were dead! Like them."
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the overall feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
What is mood?
200
After this event, she was embarrassed, was not honest, and worked 10 years to replace what she had lost.
What is the party?
200
"Enough," he said; "the cough is mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough." "True-true," I replied..."but you should use all proper caution."
Who is Fortunato and Montresor? Note that Poe foreshadows the events at the end of the story. This is ironic because Montresor pretends to encourage Fortunato not to be overly concerned about the severity of his cough but means, in fact, that Fortunato's cough has no chance to kill him, since Montresor will kill him first.
200
He is deaf and "his eyes were too slow to keep up with the wrong notes"
Who is Mr. Chong in Two Kinds?
200
She wants more money, more excitement, and a better social position.
Who is Mme. Loisel and the reason she is not happy?
300
the Central character in a story who initiates or drives the action
Who is the protagonist?
300
Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff's bed
What is the end of The Most Dangerous Game?
300
"The world had lost its boundary lines. My mother, who was small and soft, was now the strength of the family; my father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child. Everything was suddenly out of tune, like a broken accordion."
What is Lizabeth in Marigolds? Note-hearing her father cry makes her feel confused, helpless, and angry.
300
He died by way of a knife.
Who is Ivan?
300
Just after the climax, and she called out "m-miss Lottie!" and stared at her.
What is the moment "when childhood faded and womanhood began"?
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writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
400
the events in the story suggest she fears humiliation
Who is Mme. Loisel?
400
"Every day I hunt, and I never grow bored now, for I have a quarry with which I can match my wits."
Who is Zaroff? Note-this is a way he justifies hunting humans.
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He cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado
Who is Luchesi?
400
Fortunato thought he was going to a wine-cellar, but he was really going to this place.
What is the catacombs of the Montresors.
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A character who changes in some important way as a result of the story's action.
Who is a dynamic character?
500
He said, "In pace requiescat!"
Who is Montresor? Note, May he rest in peace. (Latin) Last line of The Cask of Amontillado.
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"She played her part, however,with sudden heroism. That frightful debt had to be paid. She would pay it."
Who the narrator in The Necklace?
500
He lived a tortured life.
Who is Guy de Maupassant, the author of The Necklace?
500
In the face of challenge, what causes some individuals to prevail, while others fail?
What is the Essential Question of the Unit?