Show:
General Information
Symbols
Plot
Vocabulary/
Prefixes
Cause/
Effect
100
The author of The Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets
Who is Jack Finney?
100
What does the yellow sheet of paper symbolize to Tom at the BEGINNING of the story?
What is Tom's future
100
This event sets the rising action in motion
What is the paper blowing out the window
100
To get rid of or throw away
What is discard
100
The cause of the paper going out the window
What is the breeze from Tom forcing the door shut
200
The current unit we are working on
What is short stories?
200
The apartment symbolizes this to Tom
What is safety, security, freedom, calm, warmth
200
What 3 things do we learn in the Exposition of a story?
What are characters, setting, and conflict?
200
Difficult or hard to understand
What is incomprehensible
200
The cause of Tom becoming extremely afraid on the ledge
What is Tom looking down?
300
The protagonist of this story is
Who is Tom Benecke?
300
The ledge symbolizes this to Tom
What is fear, terror, cold, death, limits
300
Jack Finney creates suspense by
What is describing every detail, every move Tom makes, making the reader feel like they are there
300
Not relating to the topic
What is irrelevant
300
The cause of Tom risking his life to go out on the ledge
What is Tom's dream of being successful?
400
The setting of the story
What is New York City, 1950s, Tom and Clare's apartment, the ledge
400
The yellow sheet of paper symbolizes this at the END of the story
What is a wasted life
400
The climax of the story
What is when Tom breaks the window
400
What is the definition for the prefix "ex"
What is out or before
400
The cause of Tom breaking the glass and falling into his apartment
What is Tom punching the window?
500
Tom's job
What is a grocery store manager/salesmen
500
The burning cigarette symbolizes this
What is the amount of time Tom has been on the ledge
500
The elements of plot in order
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
500
The definition for the "pro"
What is forward motion
500
The cause of Tom's epiphany about his life?
What is Tom's experience out on the ledge?