literature midterm
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- Norton
- Marshmallow Kid
- What happens to Jerry Sanford
- He is captured by the British, taken prisoner, and dies on a prison ship
- what drives the narrator to confess
- obsession and fury
- Bathroom Bomber, smokes and drinks too much, organized super colossal fruit roll, "distorts" truth often
- John
- narrators character doesnt kill until the eighth night, the indication is
- he is extremely patient
- Climax of the story is
- when the Sakkaros run to avoid the rain
- Charles is a story about
- a little boy adjusting to Kindergarten
- Lorraine
- wants to be a writer, likes to use big words
- State where the Meekers live
- Connecticut
- narrator changes from blank to blank while talking to the police
- confident to horrified
- the reader learns the true identity of the naughty boy when
- the narrator does
- Conflict in this story is
- problem of figuring out why the Sakkaros act so strangely
- it is in the middle of the night
- atmosphere is established by the setting because
- true statement about Laurie
- he has a great imagination
- Major Battle Sam fights in and what does Sam say about the battle in his letter
- Battle of Long Island (New York), in his letter he makes it out to be a victory for the Patriots
- why does Poe name the story Tell-Tale Heart
- the narrator blames the old mans heart for giving him away
- why does the narrator finally confess the crime
- he believes that the police are mocking him
- John's mother
- disinfectant fanatic
- Tell-Tale Heart is about
- a man who is driven to confess
- The family Tim and Father stay with on their way to Verplancks
- Platt family
- narrator invites the police into the old man's room, why
- to enjoy his cleverness
- Resolution of the story is
- The Wrights realize the Sakkaros are made of sugar
- John's father
- put a lock on the phone, nicknamed Bore, quit drinking due to "sclerosis" of the liver
- Word that describes Lillian
- curious
- Mr. Pignati
- enjoys telling jokes and talking
- Lorraines mother
- tells Lorraine she isnt beautiful
- Poe creates a mood of terror by using words that relate to
- darkness
- Colonel Read
- Patriot army leader in Redding
- Rain, Rain, Go Away is about
- an average familys encounter with an unusual family