English II Unit 6 Lesson 15

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fomentation

Application of substances in the treatment of an injury

Who wrote "Leiningen Versus the Ants"?

Carl Stephenson

What technique does the author use to increase suspense

Describes Leiningens struggle as triumphs and failures

Why is Framton visiting Mrs. Sappleton?

He came for a retreat to undergo a nerve cure

Which statement best describes Leiningens character

He is brave but not foolhardy

In what does Framton seem mostly interested in?

His own problems

"The Open Window" is mostly about what?

How misinformation affect our perceptions

imminent

Likely to happen soon

Alluvium

Material, such as sand, silt, or clay, deposited on land by streams.

Four basic types of conflicts

Protagonist vs another character Protagonist vs self Protagonist vs society Protagonist vs nature

What is parallel structure

Repeating phrases of similar structure, within or between sentences.

Who wrote "The Open Window"?

Saki (H. H. Munro)

Open Window main idea

Self-centered people are often gullible

What caused Vera to tell Framton the story

She wanted to get rid of him

flout

Show open contempt

Which represents an external conflict

The flow of petrol from the cistern into the ditch becomes blocked

mackintosh

Waterproof raincoat

pariah

an outcast

What are the elements of a plot?

exposition, inciting incident, rising conflict, rising action, climax, resolution

delusion

false belief

provender

food

peons

laborers

weir

low dam


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