1. Short Story Review

2. Terms to know: Foreshadowing Setting Mood Tone Denotation
Irony – dramatic, situational, verbal
Metaphors
Similes
Symbols
Plot
Conflict
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Theme
Point of view

3. "The Necklace" *Guy de Maupassant *Protagonist: Madame Loisel
*Antogonist: the necklace*Setting: late 1800’s, Paris
*Tone: bitter, serious
*Theme: Materialistic wants can be the downfall of us all.
*Point of view: 3rd person limited

4. "The Most Dangerous Game"
*Richard Connell
* Protagonist: Rainsford
*Antogonist: Zaroff
*Setting:Caribbean Sea, Ship-Trap Island, jungle, Zaroff’s manision
*Tone: serious, deadly, dangerous
*Theme: inhumanity, violence, cruelty of humans to animals, etc.
*Point of view: 3rd person limited

5. "The Scarlet Ibis" James Hurst *Protagonist: narrator
*Antagonist: narrator’s pride
*Setting: South, World War I, cotton fields, Old Woman Swamp, Horsehead’s Landing, etc.
*Tone: death, bittersweet
*Theme: Pride can make people do cruel things to those they love.
*Point of view: First person

6. "Poison" Roald Dahl *Protagonist: Harry Pope *Antagonist: krait
*Setting: India, mid- 1950s
*Tone: ironic
*Theme: racism
*Point of view: first person (Timber Woods)

7. "The Sniper" Liam O’Flaherty *Protagonist: Republican Sniper
*Antagonist: Free Stater sniper
*Setting: Ireland, civil war
*Tone: serious, suspenseful
*Theme: War can pit brother against brother.
*Point of view: third person limited

8. "The Interlopers" *Saki* Protagonist: Ulrich von Gradwitz
*Antgonist: Georg Zynaeym and their feud
*Setting: Carpathian Mountains, winter, nighttime, border of the two men’s land
*Tone: respect for the men and contempt toward the feud
*Theme: A trap you set for someone else might lead to your own demise.
*Point of View: 3rd person omniscient

9. "Full Circle" *Sue Grafton *Protagonist: Kinsey Millhone
*Antagonist: Terry Layton (or the death of Caroline Spurrier)
*Setting: the scene of the wreck of Caroline Spurrier on a California freeway)
*Tone: suspense
*Theme: What goes around comes around.
*Point of View: first person

10. "The Cask of Amontillado"
*Edgar Allan Poe
*Protagonist: Montressor
*Antagonist: Fortunato
*Setting: Carnival, Italy, Montresor’s catacombs
*Tone: death and murder, irony
*Theme: revenge
*Point of View: first person ***UNRELIABLE NARRATOR*** (may not know the whole truth or may purposely to choose to deceive the reader!)

11. “The Lady, or the Tiger?” Protagonist: Princess
Antagonist: King? tiger or beautiful new bride?
Setting: Middle Ages, coliseum
Tone: irony, suspense
Theme: Difficult decisions vs. Moral decisions
Point of View: third person