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Worksheets"The Necklace" / Literature Terms Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
From what point of view is "The Necklace" told?
Third Person
Third Person Omniscient
Limited Omniscient
First Person
In "The Necklace," inferences about a character are based on...
The story's author
Whether he or she is a major or minor character
A character's appearance, actions, and thoughts
What the reader read last week
A third-person fixed omniscient narrator tells the story of "The Necklace." This literary technique of perspective is known as
Irony
Point of view
Characterization
Imagery
By using certain words as symbols, writers such as Guy de Maupassant seek to...
Substitute simple language for complex language
Convey the most literal meanings of words
Draw attention to the main idea of a passage
Suggest added layers of meaning
What is situational irony?
A contrast between an expected outcome and the actual outcome
Speaker's intention is the opposite of what he/she is saying
When the audience knows something that a story's character does not
When a symbol in a story contradicts the theme of a story
What does "mood" mean?
Emotional atmosphere of a text
Author's word choice
How the characters in a story are feeling
The attitude of an author towards their subject
What does "tone" mean?
Emotional atmosphere of a text
How the characters in a story are feeling
Author's word choice
The attitude of an author towards their subject
What is an author's purpose for writing a story closely related to?
A symbol
A story's theme
The main idea of a story
The tone of a story
What is a directly stated theme of "The Necklace"?
"She grieved over the shabbiness of her apartment..."
"The next day she paid her friend a visit and told her of her predicament."
"Oh, yes, keep on looking. I don't know just what you'd like."
"How strange and fickle life is!"
Stories such as "The Necklace" use indirect characterization to help develop the characters themselves. What is Indirect Characterization?
Learning a character's personality through the author directly telling the audience
Learning a character's personality through symbols in a story
Learning a character's personality through dialogue, actions, and thoughts
Learning the main character's personality through supporting characters
