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Lamb to the Slaughter
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The Tell-Tale Heart
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the main character and wife in the story Lamb to the Slaughter
Who is Mary Maloney?
100
a conversation between two or more people as a feature of literature
What is dialogue
100
the author of the story the Tell-Tale Heart
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
100
the crime that single moms Kelley Williams-Bolar and Tanya McDowell committed
What is enrolling their children in school districts they did not reside in
100
a brief statement of the main points
What is summary/summarize
200
the murder weapon in the story Lamb to the Slaughter
What is leg of lamb
200
the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work
What is theme
200
the person who murdered the old man in the story the Tell-Tale Heart
Who is the narrator
200
the abuse of power by the dentist in One of These Days
What is intentionally causing the Mayor pain
200
It's raining cats and dogs! Break a leg!
What are idiomatic expressions (or idioms)
300
the beverage that Mary served the detectives in Lamb to the Slaughter
What is whiskey
300
the location and time frame in which the action in a narrative takes place
What is the setting
300
what symbolizes evil in the story the Tell-Tale Heart
What is the vulture eye
300
the football player sentenced to 23 months in prison for dogfighting
Who is Michael Vick
300
a little story that writers use to enrich their articles
What is anecdote
400
what Mary's husband told her before the murder in Lamb to the Slaughter
What is he was leaving her
400
a plot device in which the audience or reader has knowledge of events that the characters in the story do not
What is dramatic irony
400
what symbolizes guilt in the story the Tell-Tale Heart
What is the beating heart
400
the story in which the author is comparing dogfighting to football
What is Offensive Play
400
the reasons why a character acts, thinks, or feels a certain way
What is character motivations
500
the author of the story Lamb to the Slaughter
What is Roald Dahl
500
a situation occurring when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests - may corrupt motivation
What is conflict of interest
500
the night on which the old man was killed in the Tell-Tale Heart
What is the eighth night
500
the two correlating themes in Don't Blame the Parents of Jared Loughner
What is mental illness and murder (crime)
500
when author's show rather than tell us what characters in a story are like with thoughts, actions, and dialogue
What is indirect characterization