Plot Diagram
What is the resolution?
The lesson or message the author wants the reader to take away
What is the theme?
The antagonist of "The Most Dangerous Game"
Who is General Zaroff?
The death of the scarlet ibis foreshadows this
What is Doodle's death?
"It's like moist black velvet" is an example of this lit device
What is a simile?
The "turning point" of the story
What is the climax?
Something that represents something/has a deeper meaning
What is a symbol?
Montresor tells his own story in "The Cask of Amontillado" with this POV
What is 1st person?
The door with the tiger symbolizes this
What is guilt?
This is the author of "The Cask of Amontillado"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Provides background information for the story
What is the exposition?
Hints and clues as to something happening later in the text
What is foreshadowing?
The setting for "Cask of Amontillado" (both time and place)
What is Carnival and the catacombs?
The reader knowing Mary Maloney killed her husband while the police do not is this literary device.
What is dramatic irony?
The impact of imagery on the reader
What is it allows the reader to more easily picture what's happening in the story?
Leads us toward the end of the story
What is the falling action?
The two main types of conflict
What is internal and external?
The story that ends at its climax.
"The Lady, or the Tiger?"
The mood at the beginning of "The Scarlet Ibis" can best be described as this.
What is melancholy/nostalgic?
This is the driving force in a story
What is the main conflict?
This is where the conflict begins to develop
What is the rising action?
The kind of POV where a narrator knows everything
What is 3rd person omniscient?
Doodle's brother's name in "The Scarlet Ibis"
What is unknown?
Appearances can be deceiving is an appropriate theme for this short story
What is "The Most Dangerous Game" or "Lamb to the Slaughter?"
Fortunato's name is an example of this lit device
What is verbal irony?