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Lit Terms 1
Lit Terms 2
XMAS Carol
Grab Bag
100
The part of the plot pyramid when the characters, conflict, and setting is introduced.
What is the exposition
100
Longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel.
What is a novella?
100
In “The Third Wish”, the swan turns into a human.
What is metamorphosis?
100
The speaker of this line of dialogue: “Touch my robe!”
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Present?
100
All the events between the climax and the resolution.
What is the falling action?
200
The events leading up to the climax.
What is the rising action
200
Dickens uses this word interchangeably with “Chapter”
What is "stave"
200
In "The Lottery" the black box represents death.
What is symbolism?
200
The only character in the novella who does not speak.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come, or the Ghost of Christmas Future?
200
In “The Third Wish”, Mr. Peters makes a reference to a French Folktale.
What is allusion?
300
The conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution
300
“Our feet crunched over the crisp snow and little gray footprints followed us” (Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen).
What is sensory imagery
300
The setting in “The Lottery” is sunny with flowers blooming, but someone ends up dying.
What is irony?
300
The speaker of this line of dialogue: “Another idol has replaced me.”
Who is Belle, Scrooge's ex-fiance?
300
This character from A Christmas Carol is often compared to both Santa and Jesus
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Present?
400
Everything that comes after the resolution. The "happily ever after".
What is the denouement?
400
Background knowledge + evidence from the text =
What is an inference?
400
The description of the young boys piling up rocks at the beginning of "The Lottery"
What is foreshadowing?
400
This character is described as looking like both a young child and an old man at the same time.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Past?
400
Philanthropy, happiness, and greed are all examples from A Christmas Carol
What is theme?
500
When Scrooge sees his name on the gravestone at the end of Stave 4.
What is the climax?
500
“Scrooge sat down to his melancholy dinner at a melancholy tavern”
What is personification
500
In “The Monkey’s Paw”, it was nighttime, the wind was raging, and the house was isolated.
What is mood?
500
This character can be seen as Scrooge’s “Foil” (a word that means “exact opposite”)
Who is Scrooge's nephew, Fred?
500
"He took a child, and set him in the midst of them"
What is allusion?