Midterm

Question 1

Who are the main characters in “Hills like white elephants?

Answer 1

Jig and the American

Question 2

Who are the main characters in “Everyday Use”?

Answer 2

Mama, Maggie, and Wangero

Question 3

Who are the main characters in “cathedral?

Answer 3

Robert and the couple

Question 4

who are the main characters of Rappaccini’s Daughter?

Answer 4

Giovanni, dr. Rappaccini, Beatrice & Baglioni

Question 5

Who are the main characters in A good man is hard to find?

Answer 5

Misfit, grandmather, bailey, Bailey’s wife, June star, John Wesley and abay

Question 6

Main characters of “What you pawn I will redeem

Answer 6

Jackson Jackson

Question 7

Who wrote “Hills like white elephants”?

Answer 7

Ernest Hemingway

Question 8

Who wrote “Everyday use”

Answer 8

Alice Walker

Question 9

Who wrote “Cathedral”

Answer 9

Raymond Carver

Question 10

Who wrote “Rappaccinis Daughter”?

Answer 10

Nathaniel Hawthorn

Question 11

Who wrote “A good man is hard to find”?

Answer 11

Flannery O’conner

Question 12

Who wrote “What you pawn I will redeem”?

Answer 12

Sherman Alexie

Question 13

Round Characters

Answer 13

Round characters are multidemensional, capable of growth and change

Question 14

Flat characters

Answer 14

one-dimensional characters that do not grow

Question 15

Point of view

Answer 15

The choice of narrative perspective that shapes the direction of the tale and intertwined with plot, character and theme.

Question 16

Setting

Answer 16

Setting is a location, time, place or enviroment in which the story takes place.

Question 17

Plot

Answer 17

A plot presents the sequence of events in a story.

Question 18

Conflict

Answer 18

Conflict is the tention between two forces

Question 19

Character

Answer 19

the people in the story and their conflicts.

Question 20

Language

Answer 20

The language in a short story is compressed. Each word is chosen well and contributes to the impact of the whole.

Question 21

Denotations

Answer 21

Dictionary definitions

Question 22

Connotations

Answer 22

(associations) of words to creat effect

Question 23

Climax

Answer 23

The high point of action in a story

Question 24

Tone

Answer 24

Tone, is the sense of the narrator. Tone also conveys the attitude of the narrator toward his or her subject.

Question 25

Symbolism

Answer 25

A symbel suggest something beyond itself

Question 26

Theme

Answer 26

The theme of the story is the message presented by the work.

Question 27

Narrative Poetry

Answer 27

Any peom that spins a tale may be defined as a narrative peom. Think of “orenges” how it sounded to have a narrator.

Question 28

Lyrical poetry

Answer 28

Lric poems are short and subjective, the speaker describes their thoughts or feelings.

Question 29

Dramatic Poetry

Answer 29

In dramatic poetry the speaker becoomes an actor

Question 30

Imagery poetry

Answer 30

a poem that creates an “image”

Question 31

Rhythm

Answer 31

Poets choose rhythem from four basic catagories: traditional meters, strong stress rhythems, sllabic counts and free verse

Question 32

Allusion

Answer 32

An allusion refers to a well known literary work person event or place. The allusion enlarges the world of the poem.

Question 33

Free Verse

Answer 33

Ezra Pound theorized about composing “in the sequence of metrical phrase, not in the sequence of the metronome pound noted some poets explored natural rythems and abandoned traditional meters.