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The Plot Thickens
English I
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| Montresor | He is fueled by seeking revenge for the insult Fortunator has inflicted. He carefully plans out his tortuous revenge and ends up getting away with it. Assumed to be crazy. |
| Fortunator | Victum of Montresor's revenge. He is foolish and Prides himself on his experts of wine. |
| Narrator of TSI | Is controlled by his pride and forces his brother to try to be normal even though he is physically disabled. His actions directly lead to his brother's death. |
| Doodle | Narrator of TSI's little brother. Born Physically disabled and is pushed by his brother to strive for physical achievements that are beyond his ability. Symbolized by the Scarlet Ibis |
| Mary Maloney | Comes up with an Ingenious plan to get rid of the murder weapon by feeding it to the police officers |
| Patrick Maloney | Uninterested husband who ends up getting clobbered by a leg of lamb for leaving his wife |
| Jack Noonan | detective who comes over and investigates the murder scene. |
| Allusion | Reference to a well known person, event, religion. |
| Irony | situational: When something happens the reader doesn't expect. |
| Dramatic Irony | When the reader knows something the characters do not symbol. |
| Antagonist | Character that goes against protagonist |
| Connotation | The feeling behind a word, but not the dictionary defiition |
| Denotation | dictionary definition of a word |
| Flashback | When a story is told in Memory |
| Foreshadowing | Hints in a story of later events to come personifications. |
| Which story users foreshadowing | The Cask of Amontillado |
| Which story uses Flash Back | The Scarlet Ibis |
| The Cast of Amontillado | Be Careful what you say to people. The Obsession with revenge leads to Madness. |
| The Scarlet Ibis | Acting Selfishly out of pride leads to hurting those we love. |
| Lamb to the Slaughter | Do not under estimate people. |
| Character Foil | two characters who contrast each other in order to highlight their differences. |
| Plot | Sequence of events |
| Oxymoron | two contradictory ideas right next to each other. |
| Conflict | Problem in the story. Man vs Man, man vs society, Man vs Self, Man vs Nature |
| Mood | Feeling behind a passage |
| Allusion | reference to a well known person, event, religion |
| Verbal Irony | When a character says something but mean something else. |
| Imagery | When a passage is so descriptive, it creates an image in the reader's mind. |
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