O Henry

The result of an action is the reverse of what is expected. The reader is just as surprised as the characters.

The audience knows or understands something that the character or characters to not.

His trademark is the plot-twisting ----- that he usually includes in a story.

O. Henry's characters were often inspired by this practice.

A conflict that exists within a character torn between opposing feelings or goals (man vs. self).

After being charged with embezzlement, he learned that ------, so he returned to Texas and turned himself in.

A conflict that exists when a character struggles against some outside force (man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society).

The contrast is between the literal meaning of what is said and what is meant.

He had an unfortunate problem with -----l, and died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1910 after several years of health issues.

O. Henry's real name

The end of the story