Short Stories 1
What State in the U.S.A is Wolfpack set in?
Alaska
What are the three sisters?
Corn, beans, squash/pumpkin
What narrative element describes where the story takes place?
Setting
A person, an object, an event, etc. that represents a more general quality or situation
A Symbol
What is another name for the hero?
The protagonist
In which story does a man get into a dispute with a rat?
Side Bet
What gets louder and LOUDER throughout the Tell-Tale Heart?
The heart/his guilt
What narrative element can also be called the message in a story?
Theme
A word or phrase that compares something to something else, using the words like or as
Simile
What type of character is has little depth or development?
A flat character
In Penny in the Dust, where does the protagonist find his father’s Penny during the resolution of the story?
Waistcoat pocket
What season is the narrator of The Three Sisters told to open her corn leaf pouch?
Spring
What narrative element can have multiple parts including a climax?
Plot
A word or phrase used to describe somebody/something else, in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful
Metaphor
What is the type of character that has a character arc?
Dynamic character
Who said "Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations."
Ray Bradbury
Identify a character type of Miyax
Stock, Protagonist
What narrative elements can be referred to by person vs. self/person/environment?
Conflict
In Penny In The Dust, what literary device does the penny fulfill?
Symbolism
What kind of character is displays stereotypical or cliche characteristics?
Stock character
Who wins the Side Bet according to the protagonist?
Rat
Tell-Tale Heart. Through the narrator’s explanation of how he disposed of the body, what does the narrator hope to persuade the reader of?
That he is not insane/crazy/mad
According to the quote we read from Ray Bradbury about footprints in the snow, which narrative element drives the plot?
Character
"The human heart is a sea," is a passage that has which two literary devices?
Symbol and metaphor
What are the three character classifications for a character that stays the same, but has lots of well developed characteristics and is the counter force to the protagonist?
A static, round, antagonist.