An example of a plot pattern is metaphysical structure.

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The fact that most of the villagers participate in the lottery suggests that ____________.

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Mrs. Hutchinson is representative of the whole community because ______________.

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Which of the following is NOT true? The story uses the symbol of the lottery to communicate ____________.

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One of the most notable ironies about the characters is that __________.

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That little Davy Hutchinson, the small son of the victim, is given a few pebbles to throw at his mother suggests that __________.

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A dynamic character and developing character are synonymous, meaning they both undergo a permanent change.

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The term used to describe the reasons a character behaves as he does

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The protagonist is simply the central character.

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Which of the following authors explored the Puritan past of New England in his short story published in 1835?

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Read this excerpt from “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and answer the question that follows: “The loo stood like a tomb in a neglected graveyard. The curtains were drawn. The house slept. Blackie lumbered nearer the saw and the sledge-hammer. Perhaps after all nobody had turned up; the plan had been a wild invention; they had woken wiser. But when he came close to the back door he could hear a confusion of sound hardly louder than a hive in swarm; a clickety-clack, a bang bangbang, a scraping, a creaking, a sudden painful crack.”

References to “tomb,” “graveyard,” and “bang bangbang” suggest imminent doom. This is an example of __________.

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An example of a plot pattern is metaphysical structure.

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Mr. Summers, Old Man Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, and Mrs. Hutchinson are characters in "The Lottery."

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The term used to describe a situation where the author tells the story using the third person, but is limited to reporting what the characters say or do; the author does not interpret their behavior or tell us their private thoughts or feelings

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"Young Goodman Brown" was authored by

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A Bank Holiday in Britain is a four day holiday.

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"The Child by Tiger" ends with General Zaroff's and Dick Prosser's deaths.

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According to the lectures (PointCast), literature reading forces the person to interact with material in order to sustain mental activity.

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Conflict is a clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills.

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In "The Rocking Horse Winner," the irony of situation is manifested when Hester thinks she's lucky because she "married for love" and "had bonny children."

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The term used to describe a situation where the author tells the story using the third person, knowing all and free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking...

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Plot is about cause and effect.

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"He sat down calmly on the bank and, as quietly as if he were seated on his cot in an Army barracks, he unlaced his shoes, took them off, placed them together neatly at his side, and then stood up like a soldier, erect, in his bare bleeding feet. . . ."

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In "The Rocking-Horse Winner," Bassett is

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A flat character and round character are synonymous.

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The term used to describe the angle of vision from which a story is told

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In "The Destructors" the gang has twelve members.

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Read this excerpt from “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and answer the question that follows: “There was no sign of anybody anywhere. The loo stood like a tomb in a neglected graveyard. The curtains were drawn. The house slept.” “The house slept” is a metaphor for __________.

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death

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quiet

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The three major areas in examining any story are character, plot, and setting.

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The term used to describe the position from which details in a narration/short story are perceived and related is

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The antonym (word with opposite meaning) for a round character is

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"Dearest heart," whispered she softly and rather sadly when her lips were close to his ear, "prithee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed tonight."

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In “The Child by Tiger,” Dick Prosser's final act is removing his shoes, standing up like a soldier, and facing the mob.

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A character that profits from experience and undergoes a change or development is called.

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"It's got a staircase two hundred years old like a corkscrew. Nothing holds it up." This quotation appears in

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The plot is the same as the work's content.

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In "The Rocking-Horse Winner" the whispers are symptoms, not causes. And Paul only makes them worse.

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A direct revelation of character is when the traits are mentioned by the author or by another character.

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Fables are stories about animals that are often used to teach a moral.

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"I tell you it wasn't fair. You didn't give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that."

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"Is luck money, mother?" he asked, rather timidly.

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"The Most Dangerous Game" was authored by

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"My love and my Faith,…of all nights in the year this one must I tarry away from thee." Who made this statement?

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Climax is when a character must choose between two courses of action, both desirable.

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Another possible name for a character who undergoes no change.

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A "stock" character is stereotypical.

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In "The Rocking Horse Winner," Paul's mistake of confusing "luck" with "lucre" causes the unhappiness and tragedy in the story.

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The American author who added an interest in people's personalities, emotions, and attitudes to the writing of short narrative fiction was the

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"The Child by Tiger" continues for several pages after Dick Prosser's death.

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According to the Instructor's Notes (or Lesson Outline), short fiction began in America with Washington Irving, who dealt with fantasy and humor.

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Read this excerpt from “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and answer the question that follows: “There was no sign of anybody anywhere. The loo stood like a tomb in a neglected graveyard. The curtains were drawn. The house slept.” The statement that the “loo stood like a tomb” is an example of?

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