Death by Scrabble

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Analysis

Foreshadowing/ Forecasting

Foreshadowing is a plot element that hints at something to come later in the story.

Death by Scrabble

Read/Listen to the text

Take notes, using literary devices.

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Which of these things could be considered forecasting?

1. The wife's scrabble words
2. The husband's scrabble words
3. The wife only makes 1 cup of tea
4. The man's habit of chewing on the tiles

Irony

Irony is a literary device or event in which how things seem to be is, in fact , very different from how they actually are. 

Dramatic irony Is a plot device that highlights the difference between a character's understanding of a given situation and that of the audience. When the audience watching a movie know what's behind that door, but the character in the movie has no idea... that's dramatic.

Which keywords describe the SETTING.

1. living room cold day
2. living room hot day
3. balcony hot day
4. balcony cold day

Setting is the ____________ of the story

1. Problem
2. Solution
3. Time and place
4. Plot

What do we know about the husband?

1. 42 years old
2. he hates his wife
3. he is unhappy
4. he loves his wife

In Death by Scrabble, why does the man hate his wife?

1. She turns on the kettle when it's super hot outside
2. He is mad that she asked him if he was cheating
3. She sleeps all the time, even through loud noises
4. All of the above

Choose one of the words and make a sentence about the story

The sequence of events that make up a story is called...

1. Exposition
2. Plot
3. Climax
4. Setting

What is the plot twist in this story?
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Which shape do we use to analyse the plot structure? (2 correct answers)

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

This is the introduction of the story where we are introduced to the main characters and the setting of the story

1. Falling action
2. Resolution
3. Rising Action
4. Exposition

When the problem begins to calm down or starts to get better...

1. Falling action
2. Rising action
3. Exposition
4. Resolution

What does the man realize half way his game of scrabble?

1. that his wife hates him
2. that he has a boring life
3. that every word comes true
4. that his wife knows that he cheats

Does the scrabbling wife realize what is happening in the game?

1. yes, she puts down the word DEATH
2. yes, she makes him choke on a letter tile
3. no, she panics in the end
4. no, she dies herself

What point of view is this story told in and what is the effect of this?

Why are the words on
the tiles important?