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What is 1st person point of view?
What is when the main character is telling the story
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What does the exposition in a story include?
What is the intro to settings and characters.
100

In texts and media, what is a symbol?

An object that stands for itself and represents a greater idea

100
In "The Monkey's Paw," who and where did the paw come from?
Who is Sargent Major Morris and India
100
What kind of punctuation shows dialogue?
What are quotation marks (look like this "...")
200
Define foreshadow.
What are hints/clues in a story
200
What was an example of rising action in "The Landlady"?
(Answers may vary. Must include an example about the peculiar details of the house or old lady)
200

What is the difference between a topic and a theme?

A topic is one word

A theme is a moral lesson learned from the story

200
In "Lamb to the Slaughter" what was the husband's profession?
What is policeman.
200
What is protagonist and antagonist?
What is main character and what is going against it.
300
Define inference.
What is conclusion based off evidence.
300
What was an example of the falling action in "Lamb to the Slaughter"?
(Answers may vary. Must include a detail about what Mary did after the murder (cleaned up the mess, went to the grocery story, covered her tracks, acting normal--alibi)
300

What is the difference between a dynamic and static character?

A dynamic character goes through an emotional change.

A static character stays the same.

300
In "The Landlady," what did the tea with cyanide (poison) taste like to Billy?
What is bitter almonds
300
How did Edgar Allan Poe die?
What is the cause is still unknown.
400
What is dramatic irony?
What is when readers/audience knows something character(s) do not.
400
What was the climax of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
What is when the old man was murdered and stuffed under the floor boards.
400
Write an example of imagery.

(Answers may vary. Must show one of the five senses.)

400
In "Aunty Misery," what people started getting mad at her for sticking Death in the tree?
What is doctors, pharmacists, priests, and funeral directors?
400
Write an example of verbal irony that you might hear from your parents.
(Answers may vary. Must show opposite of what the person actual means)
500
There are four types of conflict. What are they?
What is person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. society, and person vs. self.
500
What was the resolution in "The Landlady"?
We had to infer what it was...but most likely death for Billy.
500

What is the difference between an active and passive verb?

An active verb focuses on the subject (ex: Sam dunked the ball in the game last night.)

A passive verb focuses on the object (ex: The ball was dunked by Sam in the game last night.)

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In "The Tell-Tale Heart," at what time and for how many days did the narrator watch the old man?
What is 12 pm for 7 nights.
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What errors are in the following dialogue? "I promise" said Sam, "I'm listening".
What is there must be a comma leading out of the quotation and the period must be inside the quotation marks.