Review Sheet for Semester 1 Final Exam

The following stories and related literary terms will appear on the Final Exam. You will
be tested on basic story elements, including plot, narration, setting, conflict, characters,
motivations, symbols and themes.

“THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME”

“MARIGOLDS”
“THE INTERLOPERS”
“THE NECKLACE”
“THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO”
“THE SCARLET IBIS”
“THE SNIPER”

STORY: “THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME”

These terms and their definitions/examples can be found in BIG Purple on pages 2-3
and on the “Academic Vocabulary for Collection 1”:
Plot
Sequence
Exposition
Conflict (external and internal)
Climax
Resolution
Flashback
Flash-forward
Foreshadowing
Setting
Atmosphere

STORY: “MARIGOLDS”
These terms and their definitions/examples can be found in BIG Purple on pages 96-
97 and 138-139 and in “Academic Vocabulary for Collection 2”:
Characterization (direct and indirect)
Protagonist
Antagonist
Subordinate characters
Motivations
Flat character
Round character
Dynamic character
Static character
Dialogue
First-person narration

STORIES: “THE INTERLOPERS”, “THE NECKLACE” AND “CASK

OF AMONTILLADO”
Review Sheet for Semester 1 Final Exam

These terms and their definitions/examples can be found in BIG Purple on pages
170-171 and in “Academic Vocabulary for Collection 3”:
Narrator
Omniscient point of view
First-person point of view
Credible narrator
Unreliable narrator
Third-person-limited narrator
Diction
Tone
Voice

STORY: “THE SCARLET IBIS”

These terms and their definitions/examples can be found in BIG Purple on pages
402-403 and in “Academic Vocabulary for Collection 6”:
Symbol
Public symbol
Invented symbol
Allegory

STORY: “THE SNIPER”

These terms and their definitions/examples can be found in BIG Purple on pages
246-247, 260, and 294 and in “Academic Vocabulary for Collection 4”:
Subject
Theme
Generalizations
Genres
Universal themes
Conflict (external and internal)