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Stories & Authors
100
Mona Gardner
Who wrote "The Dinner Party"?
100
Humorous imitation of an original work.
What is parody?
100
Main character in a literary work.
Who is the protagonist?
100
Writing that appeals to one or more of the senses.
What is imagery?
100
"The Most Dangerous Game"
Who is Richard Connell?
200
John Collier
Who wrote "The Chaser"?
200
Foreshadowing
What are the author's hints about what will happen later in the text?
200
Narrator is a character in the story & uses the pronouns "I", "me", and "my".
What is first person?
200
Short story that teaches the reader a lesson or principle.
What is a parable?
200
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Who is James Thurber?
300
O Henry
Who wrote "The Gift of the Magi"?
300
"The skies wept" is an example.
What is personification?
300
Force working against the main character.
What is the antagonist?
300
Time and place of the action. In MICE AND MEN, it was Soledad, California - 1930s.
What is setting?
300
"The Lottery"
Who is Shirley Jackson?
400
Eva-Lis Wuorio
Who wrote "You Can't Take It With You"?
400
Steinbeck using mice to represent death.
What is symbolism?
400
Author's use of descriptions or dialogue to reveal character's qualities or traits.
What is characterization?
400
After the story's climax, the final outcome and sorting out of details.
What is the denouement?
400
Of Mice and Men
Who is John Steinbeck?
500
Kate Chopin
Who wrote "The Story of An Hour"?
500
Speaker or narrator's attitude toward a subject.
What is tone?
500
George deciding whether to let Lennie live or whether to shoot him.
What is inner conflict?
500
The way a reader feels while reading a piece of literature.
What is tone?
500
The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?