A | B |
static character | a character who does not change during the story |
dynamic character | a character who grows and develops during the story |
internal conflict | a conflict that takes place within the mind of a character |
antagonist | a character or a force that is in conflict with the main character |
accomplice | person who takes part in a crime |
foreshadowing | clues or hints in the story about what will happen |
protagonist | the main character in a literary work |
theme | a central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work |
first person | narrator is telling the story and the character is in the story |
compensate | to make up for repay for services |
setting | the time and place where the story takes place |
fortify | strengthen |
dissent | disagree |
climax | high point in the story |
abridge | to make shorter |
tantalize | tease, or torment |
memoir | story about a section of your life |
jeer | make fun of |
suspense | feeling of uncertainty about how story will end |
reprimand | to scold |
cherubic | sweet, innocent, and angelic |
marauder | a raider plunderer, pirate |
adjourn | to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
servitude | slavery forced labor |
stagnant | not running or flowing, standing still |
character | a person or animal who takes part in the action of the story |
plot | the sequence of events in the story |
genre | a category or type of literature such as fiction, drama or non-fiction |
pauper | poor person |
dramatic irony | when audience knows something the character does not. |
how did Jem and scout loose their innocence? | learned life is not always fair |
who carves the soap figures of jem and scout | Boo Radley |
According to Zaroff, what is the most dangerous game and why? | Man because he can reason |
Why does Zaroff hunt people? | He loves hunting but hunting has become boring |
What is the name of the island Rainsford lands on on? | Ship trap |
Who wrote the most Dangerous game? | Richard Connell |
What are the two meanings of game? | something you play and something that you hunt |
What is the conflict in the most dangerous gameis this an internal or external conflict? | Zaroff wants to hunt Rainsford. This is an external conflict |
Who wrote The Cask of the Amontillado? | Edgar Allen Poe |
What is the theme of the of THe Cask of the Amontillado? | Don't let your foolish pride cloud your thinking |
Why is Montressor happy to meet Fortunto? | He wants put into effect his plan for revenge |
To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the state of | Alabama |
Where does Boo leave presents for Scout and Jem? | In a hole in an oak tree |
Dill's most out standing characteristic is his ? is his | vivid imagination |
What is the mood in The Cask of the Amontillado? | Scary and Creepy |
What does Atticus think about the Radleys? | That they are entitled to their privacy |
Who mends Jem's pants | Boo Radley |
Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident? | Sheriff Hack Tate |
What is Atticus's profession ? | Lawyer |
The resolution of the plot of To kill a Mockingbird is? | Scout first meeting with Boo Radley |
Harper Lee uses the structure of the novel and the symbol of the mockingbird to interweave the seemingly unrelated stories of? | Tom Robinson and Boo Radley |
Whose actions lead Mr.Cunningham to disperse the lynch mob? | Scout's |
Why does Atticus spend the night outside the May comb Jail? | He is protecting Tom Robinson |
Besides Atticus the adults who have the most influence over the Finch children are | Calpurnia and mis. Maudie |
Who said I can't use my left hand at all I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old? | Tom Robinson |
Why does Atticus conceal his ability to shoot a gun from his children ? | He disapproves of violence |
Who said That boy is your company. and if he wants to eat up the table cloth, you let him you hear? And if can't act fit to eat like folks, you can just sit here and eat in the kitchen? | Calpurnia |
Why does Atticus emphasize the exact location of Mayella's bruises ? | To prove that Tom Robinson could not have inflicted them. |