Show:
"The Monkey's Paw"
Plot Points
Vocab
Random Things
100
This is the setting at the beginning of the story (what time of day and where)
Evening in the home of the White Family
100
In this part, the audience gets to know the main character, and the main character gets to know his goal and what is at stake if he fails to attain his goal.
Exposition or Introduction
100
A facial expression of pain or disgust
grimace
100
This means a word or group of words that share the same verb
Compound Subject
200
This is the name of the man who brings the Monkey's Paw to the home of the White Family
Sergeant Major Morris
200
Generally, in this phase the protagonist understands his goal and begins to work toward it. Smaller problems thwart his initial success, and in this phase his progress is directed primarily against these secondary obstacles. This phase shows us how he overcomes these obstacles.
Rising Action
200
looking over carefully
surveying
200
This is the narrators' attitude towards a subject
Tone
300
Who put the spell on the Monkey's Paw and why?
a fakir (holy man) who wanted to show that fate could not be interfered with
300
The beginning of this phase is marked by the protagonist finally having cleared away the preliminary barriers and being ready to engage with the adversary. Usually, entering this phase, both the protagonist and the antagonist have a plan to win against the other. Now for the first time we see them going against one another in direct, or nearly direct, conflict.
Climax
300
a power that is supposed to determine the course of events
Fate
300
This is a word paired with a helping word usually to show when something will happen or has happened
Verb Phrase
400
How many wishes does the Monkey's Paw grant its owner?
Three
400
In this phase, the villain has the upper hand. It seems that evil will triumph. The protagonist has never been further from accomplishing the goal.
Falling Action
400
This means danger
Peril
400
This is Mr. Burgess's most important rule in this classroom
Not talking over others or being respectful
500
How did the Sergeant Major come into possession of the paw?
Its previous owners' final wish was death
500
There is a final confrontation between the protagonist and antagonist, where one or the other decisively wins. This phase is the story of that confrontation, of what leads up to it, of why it happens the way it happens, what it means, and what its long-term consequences are.
Resolution
500
greedy for wealth
avaricious
500
In the Tell Tale Heart, what did the narrator believe the Eye symbolized?
Death