Short Answer #3
Plot Summaries
Left Overs
Final Jeopardy
100

This person won the duel between Cyrano and the Viscount.

Who is Cyrano?

100

The Bore and the Viscount become involved in a word battle with Cyrano de Bergerac after insulting his nose.

What is Cyrano de Bergerac?

100

In "The Gold Bug," the men did this with the treasure they found.

What is they saved a few pieces for themselves, then sold the rest. 

200

This was the relationship between Jupiter and Legrand.

What is Jupiter was his servant?

200

A man solves an encrypted message and, with the help of his servant and old friend, finds buried treasure.

What is "The Gold Bug"?

200

This was the reason President Bush addressed the nation after the attacks.

What is to comfort the American people?
300

This is the number of people who died in the Buchenwald Concentration camp in one month.

What is 242?

300

An egg causes a raging feud between two neighbors, resulting in a tragic fire.

What is "A Spark Neglected Burns the House"?

300

This was the purpose of Edward Murrow's report.

What is to show the world what was happening in the concentration camps?

400

Jupiter thought this made Legrand ill.

What is the bite from the gold bug?

400

 After a man wishes to never hear the name of the United States again, he must spend the rest of his days aboard a ship.

What is "The Man Without a Country"?

400

This would happen if a drama or story did not have a rising action.

What is the climax and the resolution of a work would not exist and it would be boring!

500

Sullivan Ballou felt this way about death.

What is he was willing to die for the cause of freedom.

500

Give an example of a tone in writing.

­Comforting- such as President Bush’s address to the nation after 9/11

­Somber- such as Edward Murrow’s report from the concentration camp

­Serious- such as Sullivan Ballou’s letter to his wife

­Comical- such as the duel between Cyrano and the viscount

500

Draw and label the dramatic structure, then explain each part.

­Exposition- background information, sets up the story

­Rising Action- a new character or conflict comes in to interrupt the action

­Climax- the greatest point of intensity in the story, where the conflict leads

­Falling Action- the conflict begins to work itself out

­Resolution/Denouement- the story is wrapped up