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Movie Plot
Literary Definitions
100
The name of Nat's wife.
What is unknown?
100
What everyone first blamed the bird attacks on.
What is the weather?
100
The first and last name of the main character.
What is Melanie Daniels?
100
How the birds got inside Mitch's house the first time.
What is through the fireplace?
100
When Nat eats lunch at the beginning of the story goes ____ in the literary plot triangle.
What is exposition?
200
The name of the cowman.
Who is Jim?
200
What Nat realized was causing the birds to wait and attack.
What is the tide coming in and out?
200
The job Annie has in the local town.
What is a schoolteacher?
200
How Melanie first noticed something was wrong with the birds.
What is one bird attacked her while she riding a boat back to shore?
200
When Nat smokes his last cigarette it goes in the ____ of the literary plot triangle.
What is rising action?
300
The character making jokes about turning birds into steak and pies.
Who is Mr. Triggs?
300
What happened to Nat when he tried to bury the birds on the beach.
What is the birds got picked up by the cold wind and blew away?
300
The setting for the first major bird attack where several people were affected.
What is Cathy's birthday party?
300
The reason Annie gave to her students when they needed to go outside.
What is practice a firedrill?
300
The use of clues to let readers know what is going to happen next is known as this.
What is foreshadowing?
400
The way the announcer sounded when he first announced the bird attacks.
What is calm, cool, relaxed, or bored?
400
The reason the wireless stopped coming on after a while.
What is people in London were also under attack?
400
The reason Melanie bought the lovebirds.
What is she wanted to see Mitch again?
400
What the law of nature is that birds are breaking.
What is birds of a feather flock together?
400
The use of clues and rising action that makes readers anxious is known as this.
What is suspense?
500
What Mrs. Trigg tried to use in defense against the bird attacks.
What is an umbrella?
500
What Mrs. Trigg said about American in the last few paragraphs.
What is, "America will come and help, won't they?"
500
The name of the director of this film.
What is Alfred Hitchcock?
500
The clue Mitch's mom saw in the kitchen that let her know something was wrong at her friend's house.
What is broken teacups?
500
1950s England is known as this for "The Birds".
What is setting?