Nightmare in Yellow

Nightmare in Yellow is a good title because...

• The antagonist turns on the yellow light and is caught in the middle of his crime. 
• The antagonist is a coward and yellow is associated with cowards. 
• It is set on a distant planet that is yellow. 
• The protagonist has a nightmare and turns yellow. 

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The setting for this story is ...

• in the past
• in the future
• in the present 
• conflict 

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The main conflict in the story is...

• person versus society 
• person versus self 
• person versus person 
• person versus technology

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The narrator commits two crimes on his birthday. 

• bad hair day and embezzlement 
• empuzzlement and murder 
• embezzlement and murder
• listening to One Direction and telling his friends about it

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The purpose of this story is 

• entertainment 
• to inform 
• to persuade 

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The topic of the story might be MURDER. The theme of the short story might be...

• Crime doesn't pay. 
• Murderers will eventually get caught. 
• You can not plan for everything. 
• Both 1 and 3. 

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The antagonist 

• loves his wife 
• hates his wife 

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The climax or high point in the story is 

• when party yells "surprise" 
• when the man is arrested for murder
• when the man kills his wife
• when the pinata is finally broken

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Character is revealed in this story by 

• what they say, think and do
• what they say, what they wear and what they do 
• how the narrator describes them 
• how the narrator describes their thoughts and actions

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The POINT OF VIEW of this story is 

• first person 
• third person limited
• third person omniscient 
• a murderer

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