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Vocabulary
Grammar
Short Stories
Story Structure
Miscellaneous
100
Goals and wants that a character has; sometimes conflicting
What are character motives?
100
This type of noun describes ideas and concepts that you cannot physically touch or see.
What is an abstract noun?
100
The protagonists of this story are Jim and Della.
What is "The Gift of the Magi"?
100
Another word for "the end".
What is the resolution?
100
The Russian, self-governing, semi-military community that Zaroff and Ivan were part of before they moved to the island.
Who are the Cossacks?
200
A technique where the author uses subtle hints to help the reader predict upcoming events.
What is foreshadowing?
200
This type of verb connects the subject to a word or group of words that describe it.
What is a linking verb?
200
This is what Della bought Jim for Christmas.
What is a fob chain/pocket watch fob chain?
200
The part of the plot that contains the most events.
What is rising action?
200
Jim's Christmas present from Della was made out of this type of metal.
What is platinum?
300
The type of conflict that describes depression, feelings of worthlessness, or anxiety.
What is internal conflict?
300
This punctuation mark needs to come before a conjunction in a sentence that separates two ideas.
What is a comma?
300
The name of Zaroff's henchman from "The Most Dangerous Game".
Who is Ivan?
300
The exposition includes these three things about the story.
What is the who/where/what? (The characters, the setting, and the situation)
300
This word describes an "expert judge in matters of taste"; Fortunado was this for wine in "The Cask of Amontillado".
What is a connoisseur?
400
The type of irony where you say one thing and mean another.
What is verbal irony?
400
This is the full name for the acronym MLA.
What is Modern Language Association?
400
The name of the island Zaroff lives on in "The Most Dangerous Game".
What is Ship-Trap Island?
400
This is sometimes included in the resolution in children's stories.
What is a moral?
400
1846
What is the year that "The Cask of Amontillado" was written in?
500
The point of view where the reader knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
500
The verb tense for this sentence: "I will have graduated by this time next year."
What is future perfect tense?
500
The type of wine Montresor gives Fortunado in the castle vaults on their way to the Amontillado.
What is Medoc?
500
This comes after the resolution; could include death of the main character or rebirth.
What is the denouement?
500
The term used to describe why a dollar today is not worth the same amount as a dollar from Jim and Della's story (early 1910's).
What is inflation?