the series of events related to a central conflict or struggle
What is plot?
100
The surprising thing Anna says one can do while falling
What is think?
100
Marais Van der Vyver's inner conflict in this story is this
What is a representative of the racial turmoil in the country?
100
The event of Mrs. Sappleton's husband and brothers walking across the lawn towards the window is an example of this literary term.
What is situational irony?
100
The reader knows that O'Brien struggled with his decision because of this.
What is his nausea, insomnia, and sweating?
200
the point at which the central conflict is ended
What is resolution?
200
The purpose the title of the story serves
What is to connect the anecdotes about the mother's and daughter's lives?
200
This shows the true relationship between Van der Vyver and Lucas
What is the fact that he won't let anyone touch his clothes at the funeral?
200
The quivering fish on the bank in "Two Friends" are symbols of this.
What are the two friends?
200
The following quote is an example of this literary term:
"I was a coward. I went to war."
What is paradox?
300
the time and place in which a literary work occurs, together with all the details used to create a sense of a particular time and place
What is setting?
300
The literary term that the following line contains an example of: "Some fly like fools in their gasoline mules"
What is simile?
300
The following excerpt contains this literary term about future strife in the area: "...and the place is burned down as many urban police stations have been."
What is foreshadowing?
300
This literary term questions the purpose of war in "Two Friends"
What is theme?
300
Based on the events in this story, O'Brien would define this as the ability to follow your conscience.
What is courage?
400
sets the mood or tone, introduces the setting and characters, and provides necessary background information
What is exposition?
400
The repeated message in the three anecdotes of the story
What is the daughter is grateful to her mother for her life?
400
How we know that Captain Beetge considers Van der Vyver's tear unnecessary
What is he says he won't tell anyone about it?
400
The following line from "Who Said We All Have to Talk Alike" is an example of this literary term: "A widder worman if a free worman..."
What is dialect?
400
The time of day the guests first notice the presence of the Red Death
What is midnight?
500
a conclusion based upon facts
What is inference?
500
The reader can use this literary term to come to the following conclusion based on facts from the story: The narrator's father stayed in their town to please his wife.
What is inference?
500
In the Masque of the Red Death, the impact this literary device has on the story is how it contrasts the futility of humans' plans with the inevitability of fate.
What is setting?
500
The meaning of Neffie's reference to the biblical story of the Tower of Babel
What is people's differences should be accepted, respected, and valued?