Content
Vocabulary
Quotes
Characters
Literary Elements
100
What is taking place in the church hall?
What is "a dance"
100
Believing on slight evidence, gullible
What is "credulous"
100
"I can't go on the way I am much longer..."
Who is "Zeena Frome"
100
Hypochondriac
Who is "Zeena Frome"
100
"Ethan Frome" takes place in Starkfield, Massachusetts.
What is "setting"
200
In what season does Ethan Frome take place?
What is "winter"
200
Rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly
What is "discursive"
200
"I told you I ain't the kind to be afraid."
Who is "Maddie Silver"
200
Ribbon
Who is "Mattie Silver"
200
"Ethan Frome" is a novel, therefore its genre must be __________.
What is "fiction"
300
What does Mattie make for dinner when she and Ethan are alone?
What is "pickles and doughnuts"
300
To harass
What is "beleaguer"
300
"I've been in a dream, and this is the only evening we'll ever have together."
Who is "Ethan Frome"
300
Glue
Who is "Ethan Frome"
300
Objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts within a story.
What are "symbols"
400
A long, deep-roofed adjunct usually built at right angles to the main house, and connecting it, by way of storerooms and tool-house, with the wood-shed and cow-barn.
What is "New England 'L'"
400
Harmless, producing no injury
What is "innocuous"
400
"...You've had an awful mean time, Ethan Frome."
Who is "Mrs. Hale"
400
Crush
Who is "Denis Eady"
400
The fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
What is "a theme"
500
A possible personal influence on Edith Whorton's writing of "Ethan Frome".
What is "a love affair"
500
Acting routinely with little interest or care
What is "perfunctory"
500
"The young people like things nice."
Who is "Andrew Hale"
500
Gravestone
Who is "Ethan From"
500
Recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the texts major themes.
What are "motifs"