Beautifuul Alexiss
2013-12-13 08:54:36 UTC
conflict.
resolution.
falling action.
exposition.
The climax of “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin occurs when
Brently Mallard dies in a train accident.
the doctors misdiagnose the cause of Louise Mallard’s death.
Louise Mallard mourns her husband while alone in her room.
Louise Mallard appears to faint when her husband enters their home.
In O. Henry’s “After Twenty Years,” “Silky” Bob’s reaction to the note from Jimmy Wells suggest to readers that Bob
will not allow the officer to arrest him quietly.
is furious because his friend turned him in.
cannot understand what the note says.
is shaken by emotion because his friend kept his promise.
Ambrose Bierce reveals to readers how Peyton Farquhar came to be facing death by hanging in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by employing
rising action.
a flashback.
foreshadowing.
a conflict.
As “Star Food” and “The Bet” conclude, both Dade and the freed lawyer are
hoping to find something to give their lives meaning.
in love with a woman who recently visited them.
interested in studying the stars for a living.
no longer forced to spend every minute in a small room.
In “Two Tramps in Mud Time,” the speaker says, “I had no right to play / With what was another man’s work for gain.” What do readers learn about the tramps from the speaker’s realization in these lines?
The tramps need the work of wood-splitting to survive, not just to get a little exercise.
The tramps think that wood-splitting is a game or a contest.
The tramps would rather avoid the hard labor of wood-splitting.
The tramps pose a threat to the speaker, even though he holds the ax.
Which character is at the center of the plot in a work of fiction?
flat character
round character
protagonist
antagonist
In “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” when Julian’s mother collapses on the pavement after their argument, how is Julian affected?
He thinks it right that his mother suffer for her backward way of thinking.
He is angry at his mother for having such difficulty so far from home.
He has to confront his own behavior, and he finally shows how much he loves her.
He thinks that it is probably best that she die, since she cannot adapt to the world’s changes.
The banker is full of shame at the end of “The Bet” because he
does not want to pay off his bet.
hates himself for his greed and for his intent to murder a man.
wants to renegotiate the terms of the bet in his own favor.
hoped that the lawyer would be hurt in his escape attempt.
. Amy Tan in “Mother Tongue” and Richard Rodriguez in “Hunger of Memory” support their arguments about language by
including statistics drawn from research.
providing examples from their own experience.
engaging readers with many questions.
quoting experts in linguistics.
What does the egg symbolize in Sherwood Anderson’s “The Egg”?
birth
hope
evil
death
What do the works “Daystar,” “My Father Sits in the Dark,” and “My Father in the Navy” have in common?
Each shows a parent who remembers a childhood in prewar Europe.
Each shows a parent who serves in the military.
Each shows a parent spending time away from his or her family.
Each shows a parent who appreciates the beauty of nature.
The mother who narrates Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” reaches the conclusion that her daughter Emily
has felt the negative effects of sacrifices the mother has made.
is the cause of the family’s economic troubles and other problems.
is blameless of doing anything wrong.
has been indulged too much by the family.