The Monkey's Paw Anticipation

Define SUSPENSE

• the feeling of anticipation where the reader wants to know what will happen next

• a reference to something in literature or history

• an extreme exaggeration

• imitation of the word by its spelling

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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What literary device was used in the following example, "The last person who used the monkey’s paw wished for death for their third wish."

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• foreshadowing

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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What literary device was used in the following example, “'You make three wishes,' he said. ‘Sounds like the Arabian Nights,’ said Mrs White….”

• imagery

• repetition

• foreshadowing

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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If Mr. White had listened to the Sergeant, how might the outcome been different?

• Herbert would still be alive.

• The monkey's paw would be in a museum.

• They would have eaten pancakes for breakfast.

• Mrs. White would be working for Maw and Meggins.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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How does the White family first react to the sight of the monkey’s paw?

• Mr. White and Herbert are interested, but Mrs. White is disgusted.

• Mr. and Mrs. White are interested, but Herbert is suspicious.

• Mrs. White is surprised, but Herbert and Mr. White are irritated.

• Mrs. White and Herbert are uninterested, but Mr. White is enthusiastic.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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The difference between Mr. White’s attitude and Morris’s attitude about the monkey’s paw is

• Morris is serious, but Mr. White questions the paw’s power

• Mr. White isn't interest, but Morris is obsessed with it.

• Mr. White is hostile toward the paw; Morris is fond of it.

• Morris tries to change the topic, but Mr. White keeps asking

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What detail foreshadows, or hints, that Morris’s story about the monkey’s paw may be true?

• Mr. White feels the paw move.

• Herbert beats Mr. White at chess.

• Morris tells stories about his life in India.

• Mr. White says he has all he really wants.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The author best creates suspense with which of the following sentences?

• “It looks like just an ordinary little paw all dried up.”

• “Did you live in India a long time, Sergeant Major?”

• “He was caught in the machinery.”

• “It moved! When I wished, it twisted in my hand, like a snake.”

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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A messenger from Maw & Meggins tells the Whites that they are receiving 200 pounds. This detail is important to the plot because

• it shows that Sergeant Morris knew that Herbert would die if Mr. White made a wish.

• it reveals that the monkey's paw granted Mr. White's wish in a horrible way.

• it resolves Mr. White's problem of needing to pay off his house.

• it creates a conflict between the Whites and Maw & Meggins.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Which is a theme of the play?

• Mr. White should never have used the monkey's paw.

• Mr. White's wish for 200 pounds led to Herbert's death.

• Never trust a monkey.

• It is dangerous to interfere with fate.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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