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Literary Terms
The Cask of Amontillado
The Most Dangerous Game
The Necklace
The Scarlet Ibis
100

This type of character does not change throughout the story.

What is static character?

100

The catacombs are a part of this element on the plot chart.

What is the setting?

100
Rainsford does this to end up on the island.
What is fall overboard?
100

This is why Mathilde is not happy when she opens the invitations to the formal reception.

What is she has nothing to wear to such an elegant affair?

100
Brother was intentionally mean to Doodle when he made Doodle do this.
What is touch a coffin?
200

This background is information given at the beginning of the story.

What is exposition?

200
The mood or the story can best be described as what?
What is dark?
200

Fill in the blank: "I wanted the ideal animal to hunt...It must have courage, cunning, and above all, it must be able to __________."

What is reason?

200

The money used to buy the new dress was going to be used for this by the husband.

What is a new hunting rifle?

200
Doodle's lies were made up of these.
What are elaborate details?
300

This is the repetition of initial consonants in words.

What is alliteration?

300
Amontillado is a type of this.
What is wine?
300
The author of this story.
Who is Richard Connell?
300

This is the setting of the story.

What is Paris, France in the 1800's?

300
Old Woman Swamp symbolizes this in the lives of Doodle and Brother.
What is beautiful escape from reality?
400

This is a reference to something in history or literature that the author assumes the reader knows.

What is allusion?

400
The narrator kills Fortunado by doing this.
What is burying him alive?
400

What part of the plot does the following scene fit into? Rainsford is asleep on the bed.

What is the resolution?

400

This is what the original necklace is made of.

What is paste?

400
Brother is motivated by this when helping Doodle learn to walk and run.
What is pride in his own accomplishments?
500

This is exaggeration used in literature, not to be taken literally. 

What is hyperbole?

500

The story is told in this point of view.

What is third person limited?

500

Zaroff believes his "game" is similar to a logical game of this.

What is outdoor chess.

500

Why is Rue des Martyrs, the street where the couple lives, symbolic in the story?  

What is the fact that the couple is suffering because of their decision to do whatever is necessary to pay back their debt?

500
The scarlet ibis is a symbol for this character in the story.
Who is Doodle?