"Ain't you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?" is an example of
What is dialect?
100
Who is the protagonist of the story?
What is Madame Loisel?
100
"Jim stepped in the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail." is an example of
What is simile?
100
What is an interloper?
an outsider.
100
What is the exposition of the story?
Rainsford goes for a boat trip.
200
"He looked 14 or 15, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and jeans." is an example of
What is direct characterization?
200
What is the main conflict in this story?
What is Madame Loisel lost the necklace and used borrowed money to buy a new one?
200
What is an inference?
A guess you make about the story based on information given in the text.
200
When the two men expect their workers to come and save them but wolves come instead, this is an example of
What is irony?
200
What is the main theme/conflict in the story?
man vs. man
300
The woman said, "What did you want to do it for?
The boy replied, "I didn't aim to." is an example of
What is dialect?
300
"She danced enraptured- carried away, intoxicated with pleasure, forgetting everything in this triumph of her beauty and the glory of her success, floating on a cloud of happiness." is an example of
What is imagery?
300
"Down rippled the brown cascade." (referring to Della's hair) is an example of
What is imagery?
300
The exposition of the story is...
There is a family feud between Von Gradwitz and the Zynaym family.
300
What is an example of external conflict in the story?
answers vary. Example: when Rainsford falls off the boat and struggles to swim to shore.
400
The woman does not call the police but instead takes the boy home to feed him and teach him a lesson is an example of what literary term?
What is irony?
400
What is the exposition of the story?
Madame Loisel had no money to live the life she dreamed of.
400
The climax of the story is
When Jim comes home to find that Della has cut her hair so his gift is useless.
400
The main theme/conflict of the story is
man vs. man
400
what is an example of internal conflict in the story?
answers vary. Example: Zaroff's captives must decide whether to hunt or face Ivan.
500
The boy who steals the purse is what type of character?
What is a dynamic character?
500
What is the setting of the story?
France, in the past
500
In this story the gifts and circumstances surrounding them go against what the characters and the reader expect. This is an example of
What is situational irony?
500
How many generations has the feud continued between the two families?
three
500
What can you infer from this line, "He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided."
Rainsford killed Zaroff and slept happily in his bed that night.