| A | B |
|---|
| the time and place of a story or play | setting |
| the way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a particular group of people | dialect |
| contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality | irony |
| when the audiance or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know | dramatic irony |
| person in a story, poem, or play | character |
| the central idea of a work of literature | theme |
| series of related events that make up a story or drama | plot |
| all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | connotation |
| struggle or clash between opposing characters or between opposing forces | conflict |
| the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | tone |
| story that is written to be acted for an audience | drama |
| writer's or speaker's choice of words | diction |
| Boy Willie will buy a guitar for me. | Maretha |
| I thought Boy Willie pushed Sutter in the well. | Berniece |
| We were the slaves that Robert Sutter gave up for the piano. | Mama Berniece and Boy Charles |
| I was Wining's wife. | Cleotha |
| I carried a Bible and loved living in New York. | Avery |
| I was the railroad cook. | Doaker |
| I fell in the well. | Sutter |
| We hauled wood for Jim Miller. | Lymon and Boy Willie |
| I was a musician who loved nice clothes. | Wining Boy |
| We went to Chicago tosell watermelons. | Lymon and Boy Willie |
| I owned Doaker's family. | Sutter |
| I was a widower who saw Sutter's ghost. | Berniece |
| I went to the bank to get a loan to start a new church. | Avery |
| I helped Boy Willie and Lymon move the wood they stole. | Crawley |
| I was the author of the play. | August Wilson |
| I do not want to sell the piano | Berniece |
| daughter of Berniece | Maretha |
| husband of Berniece | Crawley |
| Uncle of Berniece and Boy Willie. lives with Berniece | Doaker |
| wants to sell the piano | Boy Willie |
| friend of Boy Willie | Lymon |
| preacher/suitor of Berniece | Avery |
| uncle of Berniece/musician and gambler | Wining Boy |
| wife of the original Sutter | Ophelia |
| father of Berniece and Boy Willie | Boy Charles |
| man who carved piano | Willie Boy |
| woman who dates Lymon and Boy Willie | Grace |
| woman traded for the piano | Mama Berniece |
| What is the name of Doaker's grandfather? | Willie Boy |
| Who sees Sutter's ghost first? | Doaker |
| Who does Lymon want to give the bottle of perfume? | Grace |
| Where did the Yellow Dog get its name? | color of the boxcars |
| How long has it been since Boy Willie has seen his sister? | 3 years |
| Who murdered Berniece's father? | Robert Sutter |
| What was the name of the first Berniece's mistress? | Ophelia |
| I what year did Boy Charles steal the piano? | 1911 |
| Who helped Boy Charles steal the piano? | Doaker and Wining Boy |
| Where does Lymon's truck break down two times? | West Virginia |
| Where did Doaker and Wining Boy take the piano? | Mama Ola |
