Class Worksheet - The Necklace
Class Worksheet - The Necklace
Class Worksheet - The Necklace
The Necklace
by: Guy de Maupassant
While working on the story, answer the following questions?
1. What is the setting of the story?
Paris, France late 1800s
2. What is the tone in first three paragraphs? Support your answer with evidence from
the text.
The theme is a bit gloomy due to him using words such as
3. What is the mood created in first three paragraphs? Support your answer with
evidence from the text.
The mood is a pitiful one where you feel bad for the girl but also feel bad for the
husband for having such a wife
4. Define point of view in a short story? What are the main types of point of view and
how are they different?
The definition of It’s the view of the narrator or the one telling the story
point of view
1st Person POV Is when the protagonist tells the story
2nd Person POV When the author talks to you
3rd Person POV When the narrator talks about the protagonist
Limited The narrator knows little about the character and mainly talks
about the main details
Omniscient The narrator knows everything and his knowledge is limitless
from the story to the side characters thoughts.
5. What is kind of point of view does the author use to develop the plot. How does that
kind of point of view help develop the plot?
The author us third person to Develop thefts
6. What are the main types of characterization in stories? Can you provide examples of
both types in the story?
7. Fill in the table below to organize the information you find about characters in “The
Necklace”:
Types of Definition Examples in
Characters the story
Protagonist
Antagonist
Dynamic
Static or flat
Foil
8. Fill in the boxes below to clarify the plot of the story as you read:
The Necklace
Exposition:
Characters:
Point of View:
Rising Action:
Climax:
Falling Action:
Resolution
10. Did you find any examples of simile, metaphor, hyperbole, allusion and
personification in the story?
Figure of speech Definition Example form the story
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
allusion
12. Can you define irony and list its 3 main forms? What ironic cases did you see in the
story?