The Yellow Wallpaper
Story Elements
Story Elements II
Common Fallacies
More Common Fallacies
100

By the end of the story, what does the narrator think she sees in the wallpaper?

A woman

100

In a traditional plot diagram, what is the first section called?

Exposition

100

In a traditional plot diagram, what is the most important moment of a story called?

Climax

100

What fallacy involves a personal attack on an opponent?

Ad hominem

100

What fallacy creates a closed loop syllogism where your own opinions form the only evidence for the conclusion?

Circular Logic (Begging the question)
200

The room the narrator is often trapped in was originally used for what purpose?

A nursery

200

In a traditional plot diagram, the climax is surrounded by what two elements?

Rising action and falling action

200

In a traditional plot diagram, what is the final portion called?

Resolution

200

What fallcy involves attacking organizations or people that a person is connected with rather than their argument?

Guilt by association

200

What fallacy involves arriving at an unrelated conclusion that is not supported by the major and minor premise?

Non-sequitur (Irreleveant Argument)

300

What profession is held by both narrator's husband and brother?

Physicians

300

What are the two types of character development called?

Indirect and direct

300

Setting is composed of what two elements?

Time and place

300

What fallacy involves using phrases like "many doctors" or "some scientists" instead of actual names and evidence?

Ambiguous authority

300

What fallacy assumes that if you have invested time or money into something, it must be logical to see it through to the end, even if evidence says that is a bad idea?

Sunk Cost Fallacy

400

What is the name of the sister in law that spies on the narrator?

Jane

400

What are the two classifications of conflict?

Internal and External

400

When classifying characters based on how much they develop, what two terms are used?

Static and Dynamic

400

What fallacy involves assuming that if something is popular it must also be true?

Bandwagon Appeal

400

What fallacies involve either jumping to a quick conclusion with limited evidence or assuming that if it is true for one, it must be true for all?

Hasty and Sweeping Generalization

500

Who wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
500

What are the three types of irony?

Verbal, dramatic, and situational

500

What term that refers to writing that criticizes society can be split into juvenalian and horatian forms?

Satire

500
What fallacy assumes that if something has always been done a certain way that it is logical to keep doing it that way?

Appeal to tradition (Argumentum ad antiquitatum)

500

What fallacy involves using fear (an emotion) in place of logic?

False emotional appeal (scare tactics)