Authors
Wrote My Struggle for an Education
Booker T. Washington
A girl with a vivid imagination
"An Unfortunate Lily Maid"
Learned the importance of teamwork while playing basketball
Ted
Where girls with a Christmas inspiration spent their Christmas
a boarding house
She turned white as a ghost - example
Simile
Wrote "The Ransom of Red Chief"
O. Henry
Franz learns to appreciate learning
"The Last Lesson"
Told the shepherds of Christ's birth
Gabriel
Number of years Artaban searched for the King
Means "joyous song or hymn"
Carol
Wrote A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
A boy takes care of a lawn
"The Countess and the Impossible"
Had "A Christmas Inspiration"
Jean
Where a girl and woman met and shared their love for the hills
library
It was a dark and snowy night in Cleveland, Ohio. - example
setting
Wrote "The Creation"
James Weldon Johnson
A woman wears an apron
"Nothing Ever Happens"
Was the antagonist of A Tale of Two Cities
Therese DeFarge
The three gifts Artaban planned to give the King
A sapphire, ruby, and pearl
The highest point of intensity in a story
Climax
Wrote "Adrift on an Ice-Pan"
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
A boy's outside adventure reminds him that things change
"I Am the Wind"
Received presents as a result of a Christmas Inspiration
Miss Allen
A boy's motivation for behaving ("Jest 'Fore Christmas")
Wanting presents
The central idea that gives a work meaning
Theme