Fig. Lang
What is the definition of a simile?
What is this? The flame cracked and snapped while burning the wood.
Onomatopoeia
What is the definition of protagonist?
leading/main/central character in a story
What is the wife's name?
Mary Maloney
He doesn't have one/We don't know!
metaphor
What is the definition of a metaphor?
comparison that does not use like or as
The most exciting, suspenseful part of the plot
Climax
What does the husband do for work?
Policeman (detective specifically)
What does the man use the dog for?
To test for ice on the trail
What is this? She sells seashells by the sea shore
alliteration
What is alliteration?
repeated letter/sound at the beginning of each word in a sentence
What step in the plot diagram makes the conflict better?
Falling Action
Why does Mary go to the grocery store after hitting her husband?
To get an alibi and seem innocent
Why is the man walking on the trail? What is he looking for?
To get to camp with the boys - looking for trees/wood/lumber.
What is this? The flame danced over the charcoal
Personification
What is this? I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
hyperbole
What is the term for the recurring idea or underlying message in a story?
Theme
Explain the main type of irony used in this story. You must fully explain how this story is ironic.
Dramatic Irony: the reader knows that Mary kills her husband, hides the evidence, and feeds the lamb to the cops who are looking for the killer. No one else in the story is aware of these things.
What happens to the man's first fire after falling into the ice?
He builds it under a tree and snow falls on it, extinguishing it.
What is personification?
giving human qualities to non-human things
What is foreshadowing?
hinting at future events
What do you find out in the exposition of a story? You must have 3-4 answers.
Characters, Setting, Conflict, Background Info.
What is verbal AND situational irony? Give an example of both. You must fully answer both to get full points.
Verbal Irony: when you say one thing but mean the opposite
Situational Irony: when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what was expected.
Yukon Trail in Canada in 1897. During the Klondike Gold Rush.