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Unit 3 Flashcards

1
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How long was Rip Van Winkle asleep?

A

20 years

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2
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What were the names of the sisters who lost their father and became poor?

A

The Bray girls (Ann and Mandana)

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3
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What was the name of Rip Van Winkle’s daughter?

A

Judith Gardenier

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4
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What was the name of the man who wanted to go to the workplace for the winter?

A

Soapy

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5
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What time in history was the character in The Pit and the Pendulum in?

A

The Inquisition

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6
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What was the name of the lady who lost her husband and was a businesswoman?

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Mrs. William Trimble

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7
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What was the name of the lady who was lame and accompanied Mrs. Trimble

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Miss Rebecca Wright

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8
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Who was the character on the boat that portrayed the author?

A

The Correspondent

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9
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Which sailman died in the end?

A

The Oiler

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What was the name of the carbuncle hunter who was the oldest of the group and died when he saw it?

A

Seeker

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What was the name of the carbuncle hunter who was a chemist and an alchemist and wanted the stone for scientific research?

A

Doctor Cacophodel

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12
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What was the name of the carbuncle hunter who was a weighty merchant and wanted it so he could sell it?

A

Ichabod Pigsnort

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13
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What was the name of the carbuncle hunter who didn’t believe it existed but devoted his life to prove that?

A

The Cynic with the spectacles

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14
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What was the name of the carbuncle hunter who wanted to keep the stone under his bed for inspiration?

A

The Poet

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15
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What were the name of the carbuncle hunters who wanted the stone for light in their home, found it, but chose to leave it there?

A

Matthew and Hannah

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16
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Who wrote Rip Van Winkle?

A

Washington Irving

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17
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Who wrote The Town Poor?

A

Sarah Orne Jewett

18
Q

Who wrote The Pit and the Pendulum?

A

Edgar Alan Poe

19
Q

Who wrote The Open Boat?

A

Stephen Crane

20
Q

Who wrote The Great Carbuncle?

A

Nathaniel Hawthorne

21
Q

Who wrote The Cop and the Anthem?

A

O. Henry

22
Q

What author introduced the detective story?

A

Edgar Alan Poe

23
Q

What was O. Henry’s real name?

A

William Sydney Porter

24
Q

What author is famous for his surprise endings?

A

O. Henry

25
Q

What author will always be associated with American folklore?

A

Washington Irving

26
Q

What is an imaginative prose narrative written to give the reader entertainment and insight?

A

Short story

27
Q

What happens

A

Plot

28
Q

What it means

A

Theme

29
Q

Who makes it happen

A

Character

30
Q

The time, place, and general background

A

Setting

31
Q

The attitude or emotion of the author or narrator toward his subject or audience

A

Tone and mood

32
Q

What is the method of presenting the reader with the materials of the story, the perspective from which it is told?

A

Point of view

33
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What is an all-knowing author which is the narrator who comments freely on the actions and characters as he is able to delve into the minds of all characters and tell what they think and feel?

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Omniscient point of view

34
Q

What is the story from the viewpoint of one character using either the first or third person?

A

Limited point of view

35
Q

What is the story in which characters in action do not comment, allowing the reader to come to his own conclusions about them?

A

Objective point of view

36
Q

What is a method of expression in which the intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense?

A

Irony

37
Q

Saying the opposite of what is meant is what type of irony?

A

Verbal irony

38
Q

Contrasting what a character says and what a reader or audience knows to be true is what type of irony?

A

Dramatic irony

39
Q

Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality or between expectation and fulfillment is what type of irony?

A

Irony of situation

40
Q

What is the ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it, or for a humorous effect?

A

Satire

41
Q

What is the unexpected twist at the end of the story which goes contrary to the reader’s expectations?

A

Surprise ending

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