Who's Who?
He is the author of "The Last Leaf."
Who is O. Henry? OR Who is William Sydney Porter?
This story takes place here during this time period.
What is Greenwich Village (Lower Manhattan, New York) during late fall (November) during the early 1900s (1907)?
This story is told in ______________.
What is third-person omniscient?
This character was suffering from pneumonia and believed she would die.
Who is Joanna or Johnsy?
This was the main external conflict in the story.
What is Johnsy had pneumonia? (person vs. nature)
This is when something or someone represents something bigger than itself.
What is a symbol or symbolism?
She is the best friend who tried to nurse Johnsy back to health.
Who is Sue?
This was the main internal conflict in "The Last Leaf."
What is Johnsy's mental struggles in having hope to beat her illness (pneumonia)? (person vs. self)
The leaf represented this in the story.
What is hope or the willingness to live?
This older gentleman painted a leaf on the brick wall to help Johnsy believe she would survive.
Who is Old Berhman?
True or false: Changing the setting to summertime would change the outcome or the nature of the plot.
What is "true"?
"But, lo! After the beating rain and fierce gusts of wind that had endured through the livelong night, there yet stood out against the brick wall one ivy leaf."
*This is an example of _____________
What is imagery?
What is symbolism?
(Both are acceptable answers.)
This was personified and referred to as Mr. _____________.
What is pneumonia? OR Mr. Pneumonia
This could be considered the climax of the story "The Last Leaf."
What is in the morning, Sue opens the shade, and there is still one leaf remaining?
When hardships happen, it often forces people to look inward to find hope or faith to push through the trial.
This is an example of ____________.
What is a thematic statement?