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Camera and Smilin were two oblivious
White men in this short story.
Blues Ain’t No
Mockin Bird
Montressor cruelly kills his
former friend Fortunato in
this short story.
“The Cask of Amontillado”
Pride was the downfall of this unnamed
narrator who was responsible for
his little brother’s death.
“The Scarlet Ibis”
The selfish Mathilde Loisel caused
herself and her husband great
worry and work in this short story.
“The Necklace”
“…Ten billion billion white and
lovely candles…”
“The Gift”
The protagonist remembered a man
who had threatened to kill himself
by jumping off a bridge.
“Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird”
Mean little Lizabeth grew up
at the end of this story.
“Marigolds”
In this short story Vita
missed her
father.
“Helen on Eighty-sixth Street”
The author of “The Cask of Amontillado”
lived in this east coast United States city.
Baltimore, Maryland
Characters in this short story had
descendants in Puerto Rico and
Georgia.
“American History”
An unreliable narrator proved to be
insane as he lured a former friend
to his death in this country.
Italy in the 1500’s or 1600’s
Story which takes place in the South
during the Great Depression.
“Marigolds”
This story took place in Paterson, New Jersey,
just after JFK’s assassination in 1963.
“American History”
Vita and her mother lived here
as she hated her mother’s boyfriend
and missed her father.
Manhattan (New York City)
in the ’60’s or ’70’s.
This story took place during Medieval
times in an imaginary kingdom.
“The Princess and the Tin Box”
French author of
“The Necklace”
Guy de Mauppassant
His most famous story
is “The Scarlet Ibis.”
James Hurst
The “Stephen King”
of his era.
Edgar Allan Poe
Granny was this author’s
cantankerous protagonist.
Toni Cade Bambara
Science fiction author
who wrote about a holiday space flight.
Ray Bradbury
The underlying meaning of a story
that cannot be explained
in one or two words.
theme
The repetition of consonant sounds
in words close to one another.
alliteration
The character or force that comes
into conflict with the protagonist.
antagonist
The point of view where the story
is told by a character who
refers to himself or herself
as “I.”
first person
A narrator who is a god-like observer who
knows everything that is going on in
the story and who can see into
each character’s heart and mind.
omniscient