Unit One: Short Stories and Literary Basics

Question 1

What are the five tips for reading and understanding short stories

Answer 1

1. Title
2. Background and Context
3. Plot
4. Themes
5. Read, Re-read, highlight and underline

Question 2

What is the main conflict in “The Necklace”

Answer 2

Character vs Self
which lead to the rest of the conflicts in the story

Question 3

What are two topics and one theme statement for “The Necklace”

Answer 3

Jealousy, appreciation
Don’t let jealousy take over your life to the point where you don’t appreciate the things you already own.

Question 4

What is the main conflict in “Lamb to the slaughter”

Answer 4

Character vs Self

Question 5

what is a symbol in “Lamb to the slaughter”

Answer 5

The lamb leg

Question 6

What type of irony is seen in “Lamb to the slaughter” and what is it

Answer 6

dramatic irony, we knew that the cops were eating the evidence of the murder but they had no idea. Dramatic irony is when we know as the readers something that the characters don’t

Question 7

What was the theme of “The Lottery”

Answer 7

Tradition

Question 8

What is a theme statement for “The Lottery”

Answer 8

Tradition is not always a good thing to blindly follow

Question 9

What are the five types of imagery

Answer 9

1. Visual
2. Gustatory
3. Olfactory
4. tactile
5. auditory

Question 10

What are the elements on a plot diagram

Answer 10

exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution

Question 11

What is situational irony and which story did we talk about it with

Answer 11

When something in the story ends up being different then what was expected. Situational Irony is found the the story “the lottery”