Vocab Part 1
Rotating gun or tower
What is a turret?
Looking closely at an object
What is to peer?
The country this story takes place in
What is Dublin?
First person shot and killed in the story.
Who is the machine gunner in the turret?
Who was the enemy sniper killed that was also the TWIST at the end of the story.
Who is the brother of the sniper?
Someone who provides information to another group
Who is an Informant?
Wall or protective covering on a tower
What is a parapet?
The time of day this story take place?
Second person killed in the story.
Who is the old lady (Informant)
This literary term describes the time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
To pull back or stagger back
What is to reel?
Trick or prank
What is a ruse?
The place where the sniper is hiding?
What is a rooftop?
Third person shot in the story.
Who is the sniper?
The person who is telling the story is called the _____
What is the narrator?
Feeling guilty or responsible after an event
What is remorse?
To pull back in surprise or fear
The landscapes that this civil war took place.
What is in the city?
Fourth person shot in the story.
Who is the enemy sniper?
The side of the war that the enemy was fighting for?
Who are the Free Staters?
To be disciplined or serious about yourself
What is ascetic?
To completely surround, to cover like a blanket
The decade in which the Irish Civil War was fought.
What is the 1930's?
The only person who was shot and didn't get killed!
Who is the sniper?
The author of "The Sniper"?
Who is Liam O'Flaherty?