short story test
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Roald Dahl | Who is the author of The Landlady? |
| Saki | Who is the author of The Open Window? |
| Hector Hugh Munro | What is Saki's real name? |
| Ray Bradbury | Who is the author of There Will Come Soft Rains? |
| Daniel Keyes | Who is the author of Flower for Algernon? |
| W.W. Jacobs | Who is the author of The Monkey's Paw? |
| foreshadowing and suspense | What are the points of interest from The Monkey's Paw? |
| foreshadowing, internal conflict | What are the points of interest from the Landlady? |
| internal conflict, narrative hook, verbal irony | What are the points of interest from The Open Window? |
| personification | What is the point of interest from There Will Come Soft Rains? |
| indirect characterization, foreshadowing, narrative hook, flashback, internal conflict | What are the points of interest from Flower for Algernon? |
| irony | a contrast between reality and what seems to be real |
| situational irony | occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected would happen |
| verbal irony | involves a contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant |
| dramatic irony | occurs when the audience or the reader knows something a character does not know |
| dynamic character | a character who changes as a result of a story's events |
| static character | a character who does not change much in the course of a work |
| round character | a character which the author describes several different aspects of their personality, background, and other features |
| flat character | a character that demonstrates only one or two aspects of presonality |
| Bath, England-deadly cold night-past | setting of The Landlady |
| rural area-past | setting of The Open Window |
| August 4th, 2026-Allendale, California | setting of There Will Come Soft Rains |
| New York-past | setting of Flowers for Algernon |
| The Whites' home-1920s-suburbs-dark stormy night-past | setting of The Monkey's Paw |
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