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This 10-card flashcard set covers plot analysis, character study, and literary devices in Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace." Students examine the inciting moment, crisis, and resolution, compare plot structures across texts, analyze Mathilde's character flaws, and discuss restitution and literary irony. Use it for comprehension review, essay preparation, or unit-end assessment in a 9th Grade literature course.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Literature
Grade Level:
9th Grade
Updated August 2025

Terms in This Set

  • What is the inciting moment in The Necklace?
  • Identify the crisis in The Necklace.
  • Identify the resolution (denouement) in the Necklace.
  • How is the plot pyramid for this story different from the pyramid for the first excerpt in the unit (John chapter 9)?
  • How does the difference in the plot diagram for The Necklace affect the story for the reader?
  • What wrongful attitudes and actions do Mathilde and her husband display/make?
  • What SHOULD they have done when they realized the necklace could not be found?
  • They should have told Mme. Forestier that the necklace was lost and asked how to make restitution/how to pay her back or replace her loss.
  • What literary term from the unit introduction does the ending of this story illustrate. Briefly explain.
  • The exposition of the plot is very important in establishing Mathilde's character. Ho did the author relate Mathilde's defining characteristics?

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