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Short Stories

Plot for 100

The moment when

Rainsford hears three
gunshots and falls
overboard in The Most
Dangerous Game
begins which stage of

Plot for 100: Answer

Rising Action

Plot for 200

The Most
Dangerous Game
begins just as the
men spot the island
in the distance. This

Character for 200: Answer

in media res

Plot for 300

In The Color of
Water, Jamess
story and his
mothers story are
told side-by-side.

Plot for 300: Answer

Juxtaposition

Plot for 400

Provide an example
of foreshadowing
and flashback from
our reading.

Plot for 400: Answer

Foreshadowing: The narrator

in The Invalids Story
telling us what actually
happened with the casket
and the cheese early on.
Flashback: The narrator tells
us this story after it has

Plot for 500

Diagram the plot of

The Invalids
Story.

Plot for 500: Answer

Exposition The narrators friend has died and requested
he take his body home to his parents. There is a mix-up
with the coffin and a box of guns at the train station.
Conflict Someone sets down the stinky cheese next to
the coffin.
Rising Action Thompson and the narrator try many things
to get rid of the smell.
Climax Thompson sets fire to a bunch of different items
to get rid of the smell.
Falling Action The men spend the rest of the train ride
outside on the freezing cold platform.
Resolution The narrator gets a fever and goes into a
coma for 3 weeks.

Character for 100

Direct characterization or indirect
characterization?

The Amontillado!
ejaculated my
friend, not yet

Character for 100: Answer

Indirect
characterization

Character for 200

Who would be an
example of the
loyal retainer
archetype in one

Character for 200: Answer

Thompson

Character for 300

Explain protagonist
and antagonist
and identify an
example of both

Character for 300: Answer

Protagonist the main

character
Antagonist the force
that opposes the
protagonist

Character for 400

Identify and
explain an
example of a
round character

Character for 400: Answer

This is a character with

multiple facets and
dimensions to his/her
personality, who
reveals their virtues as
well as their

Character for 500

Identify and
explain an
example of a
dynamic character

Character for 500: Answer

This is a character
who has
undergone some
kind of change

Irony for 100

Define irony.

Irony for 100: Answer

Literary techniques
that involve
differences between
appearance and
reality and

Irony for 200

Explain the
difference between
situational irony and
dramatic irony.

Irony for 200: Answer

Dramatic irony when the

audience/reader knows
something that the
characters do not.
Situational irony when we
expect one thing to happen
in the plot and the opposite

Irony for 300

Identify an example
of verbal irony from
one of our short
stories.

Irony for 300: Answer

When Montresor keeps

telling Fortunato to
turn back on the way
to the crypt. He
doesnt actually want

Irony for 400

Identify an example
of dramatic irony
from one of our short
stories.

Irony for 400: Answer

Throughout The
Invalids Story, we
know that the
stinking coffin is
actually a box of

Irony for 500

Identify an example
of situational irony
from one of our short
stories.

Irony for 500: Answer

In The Interlopers, the

two main characters
forgive their lifelong
feud, only to be eaten
by wolves while they are
trapped under a tree.

POV for 100

What is the most

personal and limiting
point of view?

POV for 100: Answer

1 person point of
view
st

POV for 200

Which word
nd
characterizes 2
person point of
view?

POV for 200: Answer

You

POV for 300

What point of view is

The Necklace told
from?

POV for 300: Answer

3 person limited
point of view
rd

POV for 400

What point of view is

The Invalids Story
told from?

POV for 400: Answer

1 person point of
view
st

POV for 500

What point of view

is The Interlopers
told from?

POV for 500: Answer

3 person limited
point of view
rd

Surprise for 100

Provide an example
of flashback from
one of our short
stories.

Surprise for 100: Answer

When the narrator of

The Invalids Story
is telling the story, it
has already
happened to him.

Surprise for 200

Provide an example
of foreshadowing
from one of our
short stories.

Surprise for 200: Answer

When the narrator of

The Invalids Story
tells us the truth about
the coffin and the
cheese, this tells us that
there will be some

Surprise for 300

Explain the
relationship
between verbal
irony and sarcasm.

Surprise for 300: Answer

Sarcasm is a type of
verbal irony meant
to wound/hurt. All
sarcasm is verbal
irony, but not all

Surprise for 400

Explain what an
archetype is. You
may illustrate with
examples.

Surprise for 400: Answer

An archetype is a
common and recurring
character, like a hero,
situation, or action that
seems to represent such
universal patterns of

Surprise for 500

What would be the

best example of the
antagonist in The
Invalids Story?

Character for 500: Answer

The cheese!