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What effect does the nighttime setting have on the mood of the story?
 
It contributes to a feeling of vulnerability and suspense
 
It adds humor to the tense situation
 
It creates a peaceful, tranquil atmosphere
 
It makes the story seem like it will be like a dream
Why is the story titled "If Cornered, Scream?"
 
It's advice the protagonist remembers from a safety seminar
 
It's what Gabriel tells her to do
 
It's the name of a news article referenced in the story
 
It's a metaphor for being emotionally overwhelmed
How does the author use point of view to build tension in the story? (POV = point of view)
 
limiting the POV to the protagonist's thoughts and feelings
 
narrating from the POV of the attacker
 
switching between characters' viewpoints
 
showing ALL the characters' thoughts and feelings
What internal conflict does the protagonist face?
 
Struggling with fear and anxiety
 
Deciding whether to stay the night at work or going home
 
Being locked in the room by a suspicious character
 
Deciding whether to report Gabriel
"...she had automatically discounted the few disturbing rumors that accompanied his sudden appearance in the area." The purpose of this line is to -
 
suggest Gabriel is a suspicious character
 
explain why she chose to stop at his gas station
 
show why the gas station is losing business
 
add to the obvious conclusion of the story
Which literary device is used when the protagonist recalls safety lectures during her drive?
 
foreshadowing
 
irony
 
flashforward
 
hyperbole
Then in the dim dashboard light she saw the gas gauge. This line has an example of -
 
alliteration
 
onomotopoeia
 
personification
 
irony
Which figurative language is used: "Nausea pitched and rolled through her body like seasickness."
 
simile
 
metaphor
 
personification
 
hyperbole
What part of the plot was it when Gabriel revealed there was a man in the back of the nurse's car?
 
climax
 
resolution
 
exposition
 
rising action
The initiating event of the story (the event that kickstarts the conflict) is when __.
 
she needed to stop and get gas
 
she got off work
 
a fugitive was on the loose
 
the nurse saw the person in her backseat
What is the mood in the beginning of the story?
 
tense
 
adventurous
 
melancholy
 
optimistic
What words help the story, "If Cornered, Scream", create anxiety and suspense?
 
isolated, nausea, demented
 
gas, stop light, agreeable
 
good driver, security guard, relieved
 
uptight, unsure, absurdity
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