Monkey's Paw Study Guide

Match the following

• a person in a story

• antagonist

• the introduction to a story (w/ setting)

• exposition

• the main events in a story

• plot

• the leading character in a story

• character

• a character who is actively opposed

• protagonist

Match the following

• most intense event; the turning point

• resolution

• ending of story; conflict gets solved

• climax

• struggle between opposing forces

• conflict

• follows the climax, leads to resolution

• falling action

Match the following

• when what is expected does NOT happen

• irony

• the message or lesson being conveyed

• point of view

• who is telling or narrating the story

• theme

• when the author hints at future events

• foreshadowing