The Possibility Evil

What is the point of view?

3rd person limited omniscient

What is the theme?

Bad actions bring consequences

The theme is deception. True or False?

False. A theme cannot be one word

What are the conflicts of the story?

Man vs Society and Man vs Self

What are the letters symbolic to?

Miss Strangeworth

What is a symbolism of the roses?

Miss Strangeworth

Who is the main character?

Miss Strangeworth

What is the climax of the story?

When the other characters discover she is the one writing the letters

"'They wanted to put up a statue of Ethan Allen'— Miss Strangeworth would frown a little and sound stern—'but it should have been a statue of my grandfather.'" Is an example of which literary device?

allusion

"'I'll take it over, anyway,' the Harris boy said. 'Maybe it's good news for them. Maybe they need something happy tonight, too. Like us.'" Is an example of which literary device?

dramatic irony

What does the title do? (literary device)

foreshadow

"Everyone in town bought it and used it for odd informal notes and shopping lists." Is an example of which literary device?

foreshadowing

"Miss Strangeworth always used a dull stub of pencil when she wrote her letters, and she printed them in a childish block print." Is an example of which literary device?

foreshadowing

"Miss Strangeworth never gave away any of her roses, although the tourists often asked her. The roses belonged on Pleasant Street, and it bothered Miss Strangeworth to think of people wanting to carry them away, to take them into strange towns and down strange streets."Is an example of which literary device?

foreshadowing

"The sun was shining, the air was fresh and clear after the night's heavy rain, and everything in Miss Strangeworth's little town looked washed and bright." Is an example of which literary device?

imagery or setting

What kind of character is Miss Strangeworth?

round and static

""That's the way we want her to feel,' she said. 'Like a princess.'" Is an example of which literary device?

simile

"Old lady Stangeworth's getting death, like a falling leaf." Is an example of what literary device?

simile

"Harper was not as young as she used to be." Is an example of which literary device?

verbal Irony

"I suppose you've got young Don all upset about the fact that his daughter is already six months old and hasn't yet begun to learn to dance?" Is an example of which literary device?

verbal irony