Plot
Describe Mathilde at the big party.
happy
What is Mathilde's main problem?
What word means hardships?
privations
What literary device is this passage from the story? "With no dowry, no prospects, no way of any kind of being met . . .
parallelism
What method of indirect characterization is this passage from the story:
She was one of those pretty and charming girls . . .
appearance
What is obvious to the reader about the Loisels at the end of the story?
They have suffered needlessly.
What does Mme. Forestier do for Mme. Loisel?
loans her a necklace
What word means sadness?
disconsolate
What literary device is this passage from the story? "He stopped talking, dazed and distracted to see his wife . . ."
alliteration
What literary element is this passage from the story:
George Ramponneau beg M. and Mme. Loisel to do them the honor of attending an evening reception at the Ministerial Mansion on Friday, January 18.
setting
What point of view focuses on one of the characters?
third person limited
Why don't the Forestier's tell Mme. Loisel that they lost the necklace?
They were embarrassed.
exhorbitant
What figurative language is this passage from the story? "She danced . . . drunk with pleasure. . ."
metaphor
What point of view is this passage:
I don't have a dress to wear.
first person
What do the Loisels do to get the money to replace the necklace?
borrow money, work hard
Why did Mme. Forestier cry with terror?
Mathilde told her what happened.
What word means intense or excessive admiration or praise?
adulation
What figurative language is this passage from the story? "And, clad like a peasant woman, basket on arm. . . "
simile
What is the mood of this passage:
Oh, nothing. Only I don't have an evening dress.
sad
What point of view is this story told from?
third person limited
As a result of third person point of view, what do we learn about Mathilde?
why she is unhappy
What word means terrified?
aghast
What literary device is this passage from the story? "It was Mme. Forestier, still young looking, still beautiful, still charming."
parallelism
What literary element is this passage:
Finally, on the docks, they found one of those carriages that one sees in Paris only after nightfall.
setting