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English
9th Grade
10/31/2010

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who is the author of the most dangerous game?
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richard connell
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who is the author of the lady or the tiger?
Definition
frank stockton
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who is the author of the scarlet ibis?
Definition
james hurst
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who is the author of the tell-tale heart?
Definition
edgar allan poe
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who is the author of the black cat?
Definition
edgar allan poe
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who is the author of the cask of amontillado
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edgar allan poe
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who is the author of life line?
Definition
robert heinlein
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who is the author of snowflower and the secret fan?
Definition
lisa see
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who is the author of the last question?
Definition
issac asimov
Term
where is the setting of the most dangerous game?
Definition
the carribean sea
Term
where is the setting of the lady or the tiger?
Definition
kings court
Term
where is the setting of the scarlet ibis?
Definition
american south east
Term

where is the setting of the tell tale heart?

 

Definition
house
Term
where is the setting of the black cat
Definition
house
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where is the setting of the cask of amontillado
Definition
montresours catacombs
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where is the setting of life line
Definition
new york city, broadway street 1951
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where is the setting of snowflower and the secret fan
Definition
china
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where is the setting of the last question
Definition
future earth, may 21, 2061
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what is the primary conflict of the most dangerous game?
Definition
zaroof vs. rainsford
Term
what is the primary conflict of the lady or the tiger
Definition
princess vs. self
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what is the primary conflict of the scarlet ibis
Definition
narrator vs. himself
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what is the primary conflict of the tell tale heart?
Definition
narrator vs. himself
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what is the primary conflict of the black cat?
Definition
narrator vs. cat
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what is the primary conflict of the cask of amontillado
Definition
montresor vs. fortunato
Term
what is the primary conflict of life line
Definition
insurance company vs. pinero
Term
what is the primary conflict of snowflower and the secret fan?
Definition
lily vs. society
Term
what is the primary conflict of the last question
Definition
man vs nature/ technology
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what is the climax of the most dangerous game?
Definition
when rainsford confronts zaroff
Term
what is the climax of the lady or the tiger
Definition
lover opens door
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what is the climax of the scarlet ibis
Definition
brother leaves doodle behind
Term
what is the climax of the tell tale heart
Definition
when he starts hearing the heartbeat
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what is the climax of the black cat
Definition
when the cat meows behind the wall
Term
what is the climax of the cask of amontillado
Definition
when fortunato is begging for his life
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what is the climax of life line
Definition
when they burn all of the notes
Term
what is the climax of snowflower and the secret fan
Definition
no climax
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what is the climax of the last question
Definition
when humans fuse with the computer
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what is exposition
Definition
characters and settings are introduced
Term
what is initiating event/hook
Definition
the events that start everything
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what is  the rising action
Definition
tension that builds towards the climax
Term
what is the climax
Definition
the point at which tension is greatest
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what is the falling action
Definition
conflicts begin to be resloved
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what is the resolution
Definition
all conflicts are resolved
Term
what is the denoument
Definition
everything after the climax
Term
what is the conflict
Definition
a clash or struggle between opposing forces
Term
give a definition and example of dramatic irony
Definition

def. when the readers know something that the characters dont

ex.when a guy is bad but the people that work with him dont know that

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give a definition and example of verbal irony
Definition

def. when a character says one thing but means another

ex. sarcasm

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give a definition and example of situational irony
Definition

def. when events take an unexpected turn

ex. a couple appears in court to get divorced but remarry instead

Term
give a definition and example of a caricature
Definition

def. a character whose primary effects have been exagerated

ex. ivan

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give a definition and example of a stereotype
Definition

def. a character whose traits are all intended to represent a certain group

ex. older brother in scarlet ibis

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give a definition and example of third person limited
Definition

def. can follow one character and may or may not revela that characters thoughts

ex. the most dangerous game

Term
give a definition and example of a simile
Definition

def. compares things with like or as

ex. she is like a rose

Term
give a definition and example of personification
Definition

def. when you give nonliving things human traits

ex. cars

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give a definition and example of a metaphor
Definition

def. making comparrisons between unlike things without using like or as

ex. its raining cats and dogs

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give a definition and example of allusion
Definition

def. an author refrences somethings outside the scope of his work

ex. refers to coke in a book

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give a definition and example of first person
Definition

def. I

ex. i am riding a bike

Term
give a definition and example of third peron omniscient
Definition

def. narrators all knowing, can follow multiple characters

ex.the last question

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give a definition and example of unreliable narrator?
Definition

def. a narrator who cannot be trusted for some reason

ex. the tell tale heart

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: the princess
Definition

i. she loves the lover but her dad dosent

ii. round

iii.static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: the lover
Definition

i. loves the princess

ii.flat

iii. static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: the king
Definition

i. dosent like the lover

ii.flat

iii. static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: beautiful lady
Definition

i. wants the lover to open her door

ii.flat

iii. static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: doodle
Definition

i.crippled younger brother

ii.round

iii.static

Term

give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic:narrator of the scarlet ibis

 

Definition

i.doodles older brother

ii.round

iii.static 

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: aunt nicey
Definition

i. narrators aunt

ii. flat

iii. static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: mother
Definition

i.doodles /a narrators mother

ii.flat

iii. static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: father
Definition

i.doodles/narrators father

ii.flat

iii.static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: narrator of the tell tale heart
Definition

i. kills old man because of his eye

ii.flat

iii.static

Term
give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: old man
Definition

i. gets taken care of by narrator and has a volture eye

ii.flat

iii.static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: police
Definition

i. wants to find out what happened

ii.flat

iii.static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: fortunato
Definition

i.wine taster, gets killed by montresour

ii. round

iii. static

Term
give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: montresour
Definition

i.kills fortunato

ii.round

iii.static

Term
give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic:luchesi
Definition

i. fortunatos rival

ii.flat

iii.static

Term
give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: scientific community
Definition

i.doughts what pinero is saying

ii.flat

iii. dynamic

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: dr. pinero
Definition

i. predicts when people will die

ii.round

iii.dynamic

Term
give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: ed and betty
Definition

i.couple, whose wife is pregnant, want to know when they will die

ii.flat

iii.static

Term
give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: luke
Definition

i.reporter that dies

ii. flat

iii. static

Term
give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: bidwell
Definition

i.insurance company guy that hires dapper man

ii.flat

iii. static

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give a description and whether he or she is round or flat and static or dynamic: dapper man
Definition

i. the hitman hired to kill pinero

ii.flat

iii.static

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