Review 60318

Question 1

What is the purpose of the flash fiction

Answer 1

Tell a story in a few words

Question 2

“Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example” (1). From the story “The Lottery,” this is an example of which literary device?

Answer 2

foreshadowing

Question 3

True or false, in the short story “Super Toys Last All Summer Long”, the point of view is limited.

Answer 3

False, it is omniscient

Question 4

True or false. The following sentence contains imagery: “She dreams about it sometimes: the delicious warmth, the smells of spice and sweat,” (12) from the short story Shiva.

Answer 4

true

Question 5

In the short story “The Boat,” what is the literary device used in the following passage: “having my face pressed against the stubble of his cheek, and how it tasted of salt and of how he smelled of salt from his red-soled boots to the shaggy whiteness of his hair.”

Answer 5

imagery

Question 6

In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, is the setting symbolic?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

True or False. In the short story “The Boat”, the setting shows the similarities between the mother and the father.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

true of false. In the short story “The Boat,” when the narrator says about his dad, “I would remain with him as long as he lived and we would fish the sea together” (21-22), it is an example of foreshadowing.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

In the short story “Stones”, what kind of characterization is used in the following passage: “No one had said he may never be kind again. No one had said he will never sleep again without the aid of alcohol. No one had said he will try to kill your mother. No one had said you will not be sure it’s him when you see him”?

Answer 9

Indirect characterization

Question 10

True or false. In the short story, “super toys last all summer long,” the narrator states that “an overcrowded world is the ideal place in which to be lonely” (71), is an example of foreshadowing

Answer 10

false, it is situational irony

Question 11

What literary device is used in the following excerpt: “Well, if it ain’t Cinderella’s ugly stepsister” (48).

Answer 11

Allusion

Question 12

What kind of irony is there in the ending of “Romeo and Juliet”

Answer 12

Dramatic irony

Question 13

What is the difference between verbal irony and sarcasm

Answer 13

sarcasm is used to hurt someone and verbal irony is not

Question 14

What genre of fiction is The Guest?

Answer 14

flash fiction

Question 15

What is this: “Baby shoes, for sale, never worn” ?

Answer 15

Flash fiction

Question 16

What is the literary device used in this passage in “The Tell-Tale Heart”: “it was dark in his room, for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers”

Answer 16

situational irony

Question 17

What is the literary device used in this passage in “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long”: “An overcrowded world is the ideal place in which to be lonely”.

Answer 17

Situational Irony

Question 18

In the short story “Stones”, there is a very important historical setting. Where is it?

Answer 18

Dieppe

Question 19

What is this Describing?

The idea that all of our decisions and actions are determined by factors out of our control.

Answer 19

Naturalism

Question 20

Decide whether if it’s a theme or a topic:

“The importance of one being comfortable with one’s homosexuality.”

Answer 20

Topic

Question 21

Do the following characteristics apply to an unreliable narrator: crazy, naïve, or mentally ill?

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

Is there a second setting in “The Tell-Tale Heart,”?

Answer 22

No

Question 23

True or False. In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator is crazy and therefore unreliable?

Answer 23

True

Question 24

In which short story do we find a setting that symbolizes the process of grief?

Answer 24

Shiva

Question 25

“We play two-on-one: me against Ruby-Doo and the nurse from Romeo and Juliet” (36). What Literary device is used in this excerpt?

Answer 25

Allusion

Question 26

What short story features elements of naturalism?

Answer 26

“The Boat”

Question 27

"The first time was last spring, when she invited the English class for a barbecue. The lawn was neat and green and I only saw one dandelion" (page 460)."
What is the symbolism of the dandelion in the story "Traplines"?

Answer 27

The dandelion doesn’t belong on the lawn, just like Will doesn’t belong in the fancy house.

Question 28

Find what is wrong with this theme.

“Letting others preestablish your future leads to doing something you do not like.”

Answer 28

second-person pronouns

Question 29

What literary device does this allude to?

“At such times only the gray corpses on the overflowing ashtray beside my bed bear witness to the extinction of the latest spark and silently await the crushing out of the most recent of their fellows.”

Answer 29

Diction and Tone (you could also argue that there is imagery)

Question 30

Is “Super-Toys Last all Summer Long” an example of Soft or

Hard Sci-fi?

Answer 30

Soft