1. Horror Unit
Test Review

2. Plot Diagram Introduction (Exposition) Rising Action Climax
Introduces the characters, setting, main conflict of the story
Rising Action
Builds up the level of suspense with minor events leading up to the major conflict
Climax
When the conflict reaches its highest point. The protagonist comes face to face with their problem.
Falling Action
Tying up all loose ends
Resolution
How the story comes to a reasonable ending.

3. Characters Description Characters Story Tessie Hutchinson
“The Lottery”
Dan Upton
“The Thing…”
Merrill Hess
Signs
Hop-Frog
“Hop-Frog”
Reverend Graham Hess
Trippetta
Joe Summers
Asenath Derby
Montresor
“The Cask of…”
Description
Laughing at the beginning, dead at the end
Shoots his friend who he thinks is possessed
Brother, baseball player, kills alien
Jester, dwarf, crippled, kills everyone
Father, wife died, sees signs
Pretty, dwarf, helps Hop-Frog kill
Runs and organizes the lottery
Possessed by father, studies dark magic
Leads his “friend” to his death, walls him up

4. Literary Elements Literary Elements & Definition Examples
Irony: When the opposite of what you expect to happen, happens.
“Hop-Frog”- The jester, who is supposed to make the king laugh, kills him
“The Lottery”- The person who wins the lottery, dies (lotteries are usually something good)
Foreshadowing: Hints of what is to come later in the story
“The Lottery”- The children collecting stones at the beginning of the story
Signs- the water glasses left all over the house- water killed the aliens
Point-of View: the perspective in which a story is being told
“The Cask…”- 1st person, unreliable- the narrator cannot be trusted
Imagery: Using words to create a mental picture within a story
“Hop-Frog”- The description of the burned bodies
“The Cask…”- The description of Fortunado’s clothes and the tinkling of the bells
Setting: time, place, weather
“The Lottery”- sunny, summer day in a small village
“The Cask…” During Carnival, loud music and drunkenness.