Short Story Review Sheet 2007 Mrs. McDee
MATCHING: NUMBER YOUR WORD DOCUMENT 1-20. MATCH THE LETTER
OF THE TITLE OF THE STORY WITH THE PHRASE WHICH DESCRIBES IT.
1. author: Shirley
Jackson a.
“Happy Women”
2. protagonist: Kass b. “Mary”
3. role model is Mrs.
Peacock c.
“Then He Goes Free”
4. antagonist: Mrs. Kibblers d.
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
5. author: Maya Angelou e.
“Christmas in the Morning”
6. author: Jessamyn West
7. time setting: 1930’s-1940’s
8. author: Louisa May
Alcott
9. place setting:
Stamps, AK
10. theme:
the independence of women
11. conflict:
internal dealing with non-acceptance
12. role
model is Mrs. Flowers
13. theme:
Friendship can encourage self-esteem.
14. mood:
suspenseful
15. point
of view: first person subjective/detached
16. protagonist:
Crescent Delahanty
17. time
setting: Christmas morning
18. protagonist:
Marguerite
19. author:
20. place
setting: a ranch in
TRUE/FALSE Place an F next to the statement if it
is false; place a T if the statement is
true. If the statement is false, change the word in bold to
make the statement true.
21. “Mary” was an informational article which encouraged women to
choose an alternate
lifestyle
other than marriage.
22. The point of view of “Then
He Goes Free” is third person omniscient.
23. The place setting for
“Christmas” was a city in the
24. The place setting for
“Louisa” was
25. The protagonist in “Caged Bird” was a lack of self-esteem.
26. The point of view of
“Christmas” was third person objective.
27. Love alone can awaken love
is the plot of “Christmas.
28. The main conflict in
“Louisa” is internal.
29. The external conflict in “Free” deals with Cress and her protection of
a boy she likes.
30. The point of view of “Mary”
was first person subjective.
31. The antagonist
in “Christmas” was Robert.
32. The narrator of “Mary” was Kass.
33. A literary technique used in
“Christmas” was foreshadowing.
34. In “Happy Women”, M. became a doctor.
35. The point of view of
“Louisa” was first person objective.
DEFINITIONS: BE ABLE TO DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS. ALSO,
BE ABLE TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF EACH TERM.
1. OMNISCIENT 6. FIRST PERSON SUBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW
2. EXTERNAL CONFLICT 6.
ANTAONIST
3. IRONY OF SITUATION 8. PROTAGONIST
4. THIRD PERSON
OMNISCIENT POINT OF
VIEW
9.
FLASHBACK
5. INTERNAL CONFLICT 10. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
11. FIRST
PERSON DETACHED POINT OF VIEW
THE ABOVE TERMS NEED TO BE KNOWN FOR THE ESSAY YOU WILL
WRITE. KNOW THEM WELL.