Short Stories
What is the inciting incident in Lamb to the Slaugther?
What are the 3 types of third-person POVs?
limited, omniscient, objective
Whack, boom, and bam are all examples of...
onomatopoeia
What is this sentence missing
a question mark
point
What type of POV is used in The Wife's Story
First person
What are the 2 main elements of setting?
Making a comparison between two things by saying one thing IS the other
True or false: "audience" is a collective noun
True
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "97% of teens report feeling excited about going to Ms. Heiss' English class"
What kind of conflict is in Coffee, Snacks, Worms?
Person v person
True or false? "good v evil" is a theme statement
False
What is the difference between alteration and repetition?
Alliteration is the same sound or letter repeated; repetition is the repeating of the same word for empahsis
Which is the correct verb in the sentence: "The Council of Cats (have/has) decided that unlimited catnip is their right."
Has
Dahl highlights Mary's cunning nature in the final line of the story: "Mary Maloney began to laugh" (Dahl, 4).
What is a theme topic in Coffee, Snacks, Worms?
Kindness, courage, non-judgement
In which part of the plot does the conflict begin
"He's a real Romeo with the ladies" is an example of
allusion
Which verb is correct: There (was/were) a Pokémon card stuck to the refrigerator.
This quote demonstrates the wife's position as an unreliable narrator
Explanation
Blue
Which of the following is NOT a character trait:
happy, resourceful, talented, determined
happy
What is the difference between personification and pathetic fallacy?
Personification is giving inanimate objects human actions; pathetic fallacy is giving inanimate objects human emotions
the store
The wife's story contains multitudes of conflict; however, the person v self conflict that the wife grapples with highlights the theme of not always knowing your loved ones best.
topic sentence