JEOPARDY
Short Story Unit 8
Categories
“Tell Tale Heart”
100 200 300 400 500
“Charles”
100 200 300 400 500
“Rain, Rain,
Go Away”
100 200 300 400 500
Reading Strategies
100 200 300 400 500
Literary Terms
100 200 300 400 500
Story Vocab. 100 200 300 400 500
Edgar Allan Poe
Who is the author of
“The Tell Tale Heart”?
He couldn’t stand to look at the old
man’s eye.
Why does the narrator kill the old man?
He wants to reassure the old man.
Why does the narrator greet the old man
so nicely every morning?
He puts it under the floorboards in the old
man’s bedroom.
How does the narrator dispose of the
old man’s body?
The loud pounding is only heard by the narrator and is a sign of
his guilt.
It causes him to confess to the police.
What is the loud pounding of
the dead man’s heart mean,
and what does it cause?
Laurie is actually the bad boy, Charles.
Why is Laurie’s mom’s worry humorous
after the surprise ending?
It is his first day of kindergarten
What new experience is Laurie facing at
the beginning of ‘Charles’ ?
He is turning into a swaggering, shouting boy because of
Charles’ bad influence.
How does the mother start to view Laurie
after he begins school?.
Laurie stops to think before saying the boy’s name
& won’t say exactly what the boy did.
What two clues in the story show that Laurie is
not being truthful about the first day’s spanking?
Laurie does not behave well at
home.
What does the phrase “Laurie
spoke insolently to his father”
tell about Laurie?
Lillian tells her husband about the
neighbors and their home.
What happens first in “Rain, Rain, Go
Away?”
Mrs. Sakkaro is always looking at
the sky.
What clue foreshadows what will
happen at the end of “Rain, Rain…” ?
The main conflict is figuring out why the
Sakkaros are behaving so strangely.
What is the main conflict in “Rain,
Rain…” ?
The Sakkaros are not from earth.
What inference do we make
at the end of
“Rain, Rain…” ?
Isaac Asimov
Who is the author of “Rain, Rain, Go
Away” ?
#1: QUESTION
In which strategy do you ask questions
about the events, title, characters, and
then read to find the answers?
#5: PULL IT TOGETHER
In which step should you think about the
story, consider it as a whole, and decide what
it means to you?
“Don’t Choke!”
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# 3 CLARIFY
In which step do you stop to find the answers
to your questions, check your predictions, &
make new ones based on new info.?
#2 PREDICT
In which step do you decide what
happens next based on clues in the story
and your own experiences?
#4 SUMMARIZE
In which step do you stop to review the
main events and identify the important
parts of the story?
ANTAGONIST
The force that opposes the hero is called
the ___?
PLOT:exposition, initial event, rising action,
climax, falling action, resolution
The sequence of events, required in
short stories, is called the ____.
Point of View 1st person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person
omniscient
What is the position/perspective from
which a story is told to a reader?
THEME
What is the central message, concern,
or insight into a story called?
EXPOSITION
(step one in plot)
When is the background information
that introduces the setting, characters,
and situation given in a story?
1. PULSATION
A beating in rhythm
CELESTIAL
of the sky
METICULOUS
Careful about details
SIMULTANEOUSLY
at the same time
“Don’t Choke!”
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1. INCREDULOUSLY
with disbelief