The document summarizes key elements of the short story "Three Skeleton Key" including plot points, literary terms, and comprehension questions. It discusses how the rats first get inside the lighthouse by eating through the door. It also notes that one of the strategies used to rescue the three men from the island was having the crew tempt the rats onto a barge filled with meat and then setting it on fire. In the end, one man returns to the key, one goes insane, and one dies.

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2. Three Skeleton Key Review Come on over for a visit!

3. Comprehension Why does the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key? He wants to set aside some money before he gets married. He wants to protect the lighthouse. He wants to watch the ships sail in the nighttime. He is sent there to find three escaped convicts.

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5. Plot When people read a suspenseful story, they feel disappointed because the story is not believable. disturbed by the frightening, bloody details in the story. uncertainty or anxiety about what will happen next in the story. happy because events in the story are funny.

6. Plot Diagram Exposition -Setting: time and place -Initial conflict Climax Resolution Falling Action Rising Action

7. Plot The plot of a story is an idea about life a series of related events the place where the story occurs the writer’s attitude toward the subject

8. Plot A story’s most exciting moment, the highest point of suspense, is called: the main idea foreshadowing the climax its subject

9. Plot In the resolution of a story, new characters are introduced. all the loose ends of the story are tied up. mysterious events occur. information about the author is presented.

10. Literary Terms Each of the following sentences contains a simile except: Sarah howled like a wolf. The clouds were as faint as dreams. Sally sells seashells by the seashore. Her face was as red as a beet.

11. Literary Term We know this story is told from the first-person point of view because of all the details included in the story. the narrator uses the pronouns they and he . the narrator uses the pronouns I and we . the person telling the story knows what everyone is thinking.

12. Comprehension How do the rats get on the key? They are native to the key. They are brought in with the supplies. They swim over from another island A ship wrecks on the rocks and they swim ashore.

13. Comprehension The narrator’s descriptions of the window in the lantern room imply that the: window will collapse. thick glass will keep the rats out. skeletons will open the window. rats will eat the glass.

14. Author Who is the author of “Three Skeleton Key”? George Toudouze Rudyard Kipling Dr. Seuss Charles Dickens

15. Comprehension How do the rats first get inside the lighthouse? They dig a tunnel under the lighthouse. They eat a hole through the door. The metal sheeting that was sealing the window gives way. Crazed by the sight of the rats, Le Gleo opens the door.

16. Literary Terms When some rats return defeated from the attack on the patrol boat, the narrator says that the other rats greeted them with “shrill cries . . . with . . . a derisive note . . . .” The author is using foreshadowing. personification. simile. alliteration.

17. Comprehension All of the following strategies are used to rescue the three men from the island except The crew tempt the rats onto a barge filled with meat. The crew drench the barge with gasoline and then set it on fire. The keepers set fire to the island. The crew shoot any escaping rats and leave the rest to be eaten by the sharks.

18. Comprehension What becomes of the three lighthouse attendants? One man returns to the key; two refuse to go back to the lighthouse. Two men return to Three Skeleton Key; the third man dies. One man returns to the key; one goes insane; one dies. Two men return to the island; the third man is too frightened to return.

19. Plot What is the last stage of the plot called where the story ends? a) exposition b) falling action c) climax d) resolution

20. Comprehension Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing ? The narrator sees the Dutch ship heading for the island. A man dreams of the three convicts’ skeletons. Some of the rats fall into the ocean and are eaten by the sharks. The narrator sees a tug pulling a barge covered with raw meat.

21. Literary Element Which word means “the sequence of events in a story”? plot conflict point of view metaphor

22. Literary Terms ‘ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers’ is an example of simile alliteration foreshadowing personification

23. Plot The beginning of a story that introduces the characters and explains the setting is called the _______________________. Exposition

24. Comprehension The two groups of characters in “Three Skeleton Key” are ________________ and ____________________. rats and people

25. Plot The setting of a story tells us the _______________ and ____________. time and place

26. Plot ______________ _______________is the term for events that move toward the climax of the story. Rising action

27. Plot ______________ _______________ is the term for events that take place after the climax. This is when the characters begin to resolve their conflicts. Falling action