Short Stories
The girl who Victor loved in the short story "Seventh Grade."
Who is Teresa?
Mary Maloney is waiting at home for this person to return from work.
Who is Patrick Maloney?
This main character is sent to live with her grandmother in a small Illinois town during the Great Depression.
Who is Mary Alice?
What is irony?
Never use this word or any form of the word in formal writing.
What is get?
Grabs the boy who was trying to steal her pocketbook and takes him home with her, from the story "Thank You, M'am."
Who is Mrs. Jones?
At the start of the story, Mary shows this emotion toward her husband.
What is love or devotion?
This historical time period creates many of the challenges faced by the characters.
What is the Great Depression?
The high point of a story?
What is climax?
Tells what the paragraph is about, uses the author's name and book title, and has the number two in it.
What is power 1 sentence?
The surprising thing the lady in "Thank You, M'am" did at the end of the story.
What is give Roger $10?
Patrick delivers shocking news that changes the story’s direction.
What is that he wants to leave Mary?
Grandma cleverly deals with school bullies and unfair adults using this trait.
What is cleverness; mischievous (or wit / resourcefulness)?
A concrete object that represents an idea.
What are the power 3 sentences?
In "The Lottery" to win is to this.
What is to lose?
This household item becomes the unexpected murder weapon.
What is a frozen leg of lamb?
Over the course of the novel, Mary Alice changes in this way.
What is she learns to admire and appreciate Grandma Dowdel, the small town Grandma lives in, or she changes from a city girl to a country girl?
Not concrete, but represents an idea and is usually color, sound, or light.
What is image?
Second person pronouns?
What is stoned to death?
After killing Patrick, Mary calmly does this to make her actions seem normal.
What is cooking dinner (or going to the grocery store)?
Richard Peck often tells the story through this point of view.
What is first person point of view?
The person in the story with the problem,
What is the protagonist?
When writing formally never write in these voices.
What are first and second voice.
The author of "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi."
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
Mary pretends she has just discovered this when she returns home from the grocery story.
What is her husband’s dead body?
Grandma Dowdel's best friend.
Who is Effie Wilcox?
The position from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
Man vs. self
What is internal conflict?
The King Cobra Rikki killed.
Who is Nagaina?
At the end of the story, Mary laughs quietly because of this.
What is knowing the police ate the murder weapon?
The two ladies who found out they were separated at birth and are actually related?
Who is Effie Wilcox and Mrs. Wiedenbach?
The three parts of the setting.
What are time, place, and environment?