This type of irony occurs when the audience or the reader knows something that the character does not.
What is Dramatic Irony
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The smell of pickled walnuts and new leather ______________ from the Landlady's home.
What is emanated?
100
The primary conflict in Monkey's Paw is this type.
What is individual vs. supernatural?
100
"Things are not always what they seem" is the theme of this story.
What is "The Landlady"?
100
When Ichabod comes to town would be what part of plot
What is the initiating event?
200
This type of irony occurs when what happens is the opposite of what one would expect to happen (a dentist with bad teeth)
What is situational irony?
200
Billy Weaver was __________________ to stay at the Bed and Breakfast.
What is compelled?
200
The following are examples of what literary element: Billy rings the bell, the Landlady jumps out, Billy signs the guestbook, Billy drinks the poisoned tea
What is plot?
200
The climax of "The Monkey's Paw"
What is the banging on the door, the third wish, and opening the door all at once
200
Brom Bones telling the story of "The Headless Horseman" at Katrina's party would be likely fit under which part of a plot chart?
What is rising action?
300
The "literary" names for the good guy and the bad guy in a story
What is protagonist and antagonist?
300
Bloodhounds have an ________________ sense of smelling.
What is acute?
300
The heartbeat in "The Tell Tale Heart" is a symbol of this.
What is the narrator's guilt?
300
The following sentence from "The Monkey's Paw" is an example of this literary technique.
Herbert says, "Well, I don't see the money, and I bet I never shall."
What is foreshadowing?
300
What is the climax of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
What is when Ichabod is racing toward the covered bridge with the Headless Horseman right behind him?
400
The message that the author is trying to get across to the reader through his / her writing
What is theme
400
My boss had the ________________ to scold me in front of my co-workers.
What is audacity?
400
The following quote is an example of this type of irony.
In "The Monkey's Paw, Mrs. White says of the paw, "Don't you think you might wish for four pairs of hands for me?"
What is verbal irony?
400
"Attempting to control fate will lead to grief" is the theme of this story
What is "The Monkey's Paw"?
400
All is fair in love in war would fit where in a plot chart?
What is the theme?
500
The four components of plot after the introduction and initiating event
What is rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
500
The teacher was ___________________ but the student's outburst.
What is vexed?
500
The following sentence in "The Landlady" is an example of this suspense technique.
"The air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks."
What is foreshadowing
500
The reader knows that the narrator is planning to kill the old man, but the old man has no idea is an example of this literary element
What is dramatic irony?
500
What is the resolution of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
What is people believe that the Horseman spirited Ichabod. Other say that he went off and married a wealthy widower.