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These characters were playing chess in the opening scene of the play?
Who are Herbert and Mr. White?
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The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. Descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language all influence this.

What is Mood?

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What does Mr. White do when he realizes that he made a mistake while playing chess?
What is get angry, or try to distract Herbert by complaining about the weather.
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Word or phrases that connects one idea to another. These connections can occur within a paragraph or between paragraphs.

What are transitions?

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What is foreshadowing?
When the author gives you hints or clues as to what will happen in the story.
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Mrs. White was doing this while waiting for the visitor?
What is knitting?
200

What is a Downfall?

What are the negative consequences or effect due to a certain cause.

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Why did Morris pitch the paw into the fire?
He wanted to prevent others from experiencing the sorrow that he did as a result of the paw.
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What was an example of an internal conflict or mental struggle that characters have in "The Monkey's Paw"?

Answers may vary

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A literary technique designed to both create an effect AND to move the story forward

What is a plot device?

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This is the full name of the visitor who came to visit the family.

Who is Sergeant Major Morris?

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A speaker whose assessment of events cannot be trusted for some reason—he or she might be purposefully lying, mentally unstable, or too young or unsophisticated to fully understand event

What is an unreliable narrator?

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What did Mrs. White mean when she said " I forgot it was 2 miles away?"
She forgot the cemetry was 2 miles away and it would take Herbert awhile to walk to the house.
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What was an example of an external conflict or conflict OUTSIDE of the characters' mind in "The Monkey's Paw"?

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When the same message can be found in the literature of different cultures and in different time periods

What is a universal theme?

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What happened to the first man who made wishes on the paw?
He made two wishes that caused him sorrow, as a result, his third wish was for death.
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Lessons about life or human nature that writers share with readers.

What are themes?

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Where was the Monkey's paw originally obtained?
India from a fakir.
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What were the three wishes that Mr. White wished for?
1) for 200 pounds 2) my son alive again 3) wishes his son dead again
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The sense of growing tension, fear, and excitement felt by the reader, making them increasingly curious about what will happen next. 



What is suspense?

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A fakir put a spell on the monkey's paw. What is a fakir?
What is a very holy man that can have magical powers?
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Can be used to show a sudden break in thought, an unfinished sentence, or a restatement of an idea.



What is a dash?

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How were wishes granted and recived according to Morris?
They occured so naturally one might attribute it to coincidence .
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What was a theme in "The Monkey's Paw"?
Answers may vary.
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The fact that in Romeo and Juliet we, as the audience, knew that Juliet was in a potion-induced sleep, when Romeo thought that she actually died is an example of what type of irony?

What is dramatic irony?