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"Emperor's New Clothes"
"Who's There?"
"The Dinner Party"
"Do You Speak English?"
Short Stories Term
100
the swindlers say they could make this
What is invisible clothes?
100
the thing that put his/her hand's on the protagonist's shoulder
What is Tommy's babies/the kittens?
100
the setting of this story
What is colonial India, during the mid-1900s, at a dinner table.
100
the protagonist of the story
Who is Manuel?
100
the moment of greatest suspense and the turning point of the story
What is the climax?
200
the point of view in which this story is told
What is third person omniscient?
200
the astronaut feared this the most and kept thinking about it
What is a faulty suit/the cause of Bernie's death?
200
the reason for the game that the American wants to play
What is a cobra hiding under the dinner table?
200
the main conflict of this story
What is p vs. society (Mexicans vs. society) --> the Mexicans are losing their homes because hotels are being built where their homes used to be
200
a character that represents certain fixed images of a group of people
What is a stereotypical character?
300
this person told the emperor he wasn't wearing any clothes during the procession
Who is the little boy?
300
BACKWARDS QUESTION: What is the MAIN conflict in this story?
What is ...
300
the place where the boy placed the milk
What is the veranda?
300
BACKWARDS ANSWER the reason why the author describes what the boy and the tourists are wearing
They want to show us how different they are (to contrast how poor the boy is and how rich the Americans are)
300
the character that goes against the protagonist
What is the antagonist?
400
the swindlers used this to weave the clothing
What is the loom?
400
the reason why the protagonist doesn't see the kittens
What is his failure to check the food storage area in the spacesuit/spaceship?
400
the reason why the guests were having a discussion
What is whether women could have self-control, like men?
400
the place that the boy places the fish
What is the gutter?
400
the story being told using a narrator, who tells the story based on what he/she sees (uses "I," "me," "my," and "mine")
What is first person point of view?
500
BACKWARDS QUESTION DOUBLE JEOPARDY NAME the theme of this story
What is....
500
this thing was a menace and needed to be brought in by the protagonist
What is the stray satellite?
500
the 5 minutes during which the guests had to stay still (short story term)
What is the climax?
500
the point of view in which this story is told
What is third person limited?
500
the main message that the author wants to share with his/her reader
What is theme?