Figurative Language | Character Traits | Character Conflicts | Plot |
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Personification
What type of figurative language is this quote? “Two great tears ran slowly from the corners of her eyes towards the corners of her mouth?”
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Ungrateful, selfish, unhappy.
What character trait defines how Mathilde acted at the beginning of the story?
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Mathilde
Which character's conflict is this: ____ was upset about not having anything nice to wear.
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When Mathilde lost Madame Loisel's necklace.
What is the climax of the story?
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Personification
What type of figurative language is this quote? “[Mathilde’s house] tortured her and made her angry…”
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Resentful, jealous, envious.
What character trait does this quote portray? “She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains”
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This represents internal conflict.
When Mathilde lost the necklace, was that an external conflict or internal conflict?
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She borrowed from Madame Forestier.
Who was Mathilde's rich friend who she borrowed the necklace from?
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Simile
What type of figurative language is this quote? “She was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station”
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Generous and selfless.
What character trait best describes the husband in the story?
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They then became in debt and had to work every day for 10 years.
How did the conflict of losing the necklace affect the couple's life?
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A clerk.
What job did Mathilde's husband have?
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Imagery
What type of figurative language is this quote? “And she smiled with proud and simple joy”
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Old, tired, and unrecognizable.
What best describes Mathilde at the end of the story?
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Her poverty/social status.
What caused Mathilde’s feelings of inadequacy in her society?
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The necklace was made of paste and worth 500 francs.
What was the necklace really made from and how much did it cost?
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Alliteration
What type of figurative language is this quote? “She learned how to do the heavy housework”
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Static
What character type best describes Madame Forestier? (Flat, Dynamic, Antagonist, etc...)
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Because she is beautiful.
Why does Mathilde feel like she deserves the finer things in life?
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Palace of the Ministry.
Where was the ball that Madame Loisel attended?
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