Essay And Short Story
what is a short story
A brief work of fiction
crisis
A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager.
rising action
Events leading up to the climax
which of the following devices does Steffens include in his narrative essay
Foreshadowing and situational
the crisis of doyles story occurs in which of the following incidents
Holmes fights with the snake
Climax
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
define plot
Plot is the series of related events that make up a story.
what symbol appears at the end of the story. what does it mean
The apple is symbolic because it goes to the forbidden fruit that was eaten by eve and Adam whose choice separated them from God. When she took a bit from the apple symbolizes her deliberate refusal to give charity. her choice separates her from the people in need . Biting into the apple symbolizes her loss of innocence as she becomes acquainted with the hardships and needs of others.
limited omniscient point of view
The author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character thinks, feels, sees, or hears.
what is the source and significance of Civil Peace.
The leader of the thieves say that the war is replaceable with civil peace and the irony is that the thief makes this joking statement while engaging in lawless behavior. Even though the civil war ended their is still problems
what two types of irony are found in Benchley's "How to Get Things Done"
Verbal and Structural
first person point of view
a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself
what possesion is especially prized by jonathan
bicycle
Explain one of the two themes of Weltys short story
charity prevents isolation and loneleniss and in reality we go through it in our lives.
what is not a characteristic of an essay
demands precision in form and content
what does achebe use to add to the realism of his charachters
dialect
inciting incident
event that introduces the central conflict
all characters in the sire de maletroits are sympathetic
false
how to get things done is written from omniscient point of view
false
jonathan is a dynamic charachter
false
the title a miserable mery christmas is an example of a pun
false
two genres that are used today is short story and article
false
A miserable merry Christmas is written from
first person point of view
what device does doyle use in the adventure of the speckled band to explain helens stoner reasons for meeting holmes
flashback
which of the following best describes the type of essay ackerman created
formal , scientific
Choose two of the three ways in which formal and informal essays differ and explain how they tend to differ in those two areas
formal essays use an impersonal but authoritative voice while informal essays are more relaxed using the voice of the writer himself. Second formal essays take serious tone while informal can take a wide range of ones frok humorous to reflective to reminiscent an more. Formal tend to be very structured and organized in order to methodical present a logical argument in favor of the writers position. informal have a more relaxed structure.
why the leaves turn color in the fall contains all but which literary device
irony
what point of view is The adv. of the speckled band and how does the choice help the story.
it is 1 person and it helps because it adds suspense to the story since holmes figure out first about the case.
how does benchleys story how to get things done is informal
it is humorous and light toned and the structure of the story is less methodically organized.
in a visit of charity wetly describes addie in terms of
lamb
the climax of a miserable merry christmas comes when
lennies pony is deliveredto the house
Discuss some of Ackerman's ideas about life and death expressed in her essay, why the leaves the turn red. how do her ideas compare to a biblical view of this response?
life occurs in a world that is ruled evolution but that violates rule in enexplicalbe ways. she says that animals and flowers color for a reason adaption to their enviroment but their is no adaptuve reason for leaves to color so beautifully in the fall. however the bible states that God created things all beautiful and designed to change leaves color. they doing so glorifies him whether him whether humans recognize or not. ackeman views it as a transition rather in the end.
stevensons story primarily presents a nineteenth-century romantic view of
love
Explain how the title of A Visit of Charity exemplifies irony
marians visit is motivated by her self interest rather than true charity toward the old women. she doesn't show charity.
tone of engles essay an old fashioned iowa christmas is best described as
nostalgic
what statement does jonathan repeat in the face of obstacles
nothing puzzles God
the sire de maletroits door blanches name indicates which of the following characteristics.
purity of goodness
in the old fashioned Iowa, Christmas engle uses syntactically parallel sentences to list four areas of comparison name two
streets, departures, dinner, arrivals
informal and formal essays differ in all but which of the following areas
subject
Exposition/Introduction
the beginning of the story where the characters and the setting are revealed
denounment/resolution
the last element in which the complications are settled
falling action
the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end
what is the meaning of civil peace
the right attitude and character qualities enable one to overcome tragedy.
From the authors and readers viewpoints which of the following is not one strength of short stories compared to the novel.
they are easier to write well
engle emphasizes imagery to convey the message of the essay
true
generally speaking essays are nonfictional
true
in a visit of charity marians coast is an allusion to little red riding hood
true
short stories contain the same basic elements as novel
true
omniscient
where the narrator knows everything